How do I view 'git diff' output with my preferred diff tool/ viewer?

Question

When I type git diff, I want to view the output with my visual diff tool of choice (SourceGear \"diffmerge\" on Windows). How do I configure git to do this?

Answer 1

Since git version 1.6.3 there is "git difftool" which you can configure to use your favorite graphical diff tool. Currently supported out-of-the-box are kdiff3, kompare, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge, diffuse and opendiff; if the tool you want to use isn't on this list, you can always use 'difftool..cmd' configuration option.

"git difftool" accepts the same options as "git diff".