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

you can use git difftool.

for example if you have meld, you can edit the branchs master and devel by:

git config --global diff.external meld
git difftool master..devel