'git difftool --dir-diff commit-id'给出错误

Question

I am using diffuse as a diff tool over Linux, but when I use the git command

$ git difftool --dir-diff

for opening the modified files in a directory, I get the following error :

Error processing argument "/tmp/git-difftool.nUMQD7/left/".  Directory not expected.

The same error is seen even if I use $git difftool --dir-diff commit-id^! . can anyone please let me know what is the issue here? If I use $git difftool file1 where file1 is one of the modified files, it works perfectly fine and opens the graphical diff. But I would like to open the graphical diff for all the modified files. Please let me know how can I do that.

Answer 1

The diff tool that your git uses probably doesn't support recursive comparison. What is in your .gitconfig , by the line diff ? (probably diffuse )

Configure your diff tool to be able to use a recursive directory comparison command.

What are the best diff tools for Git? use Kdiff3 or Meld, they are great IMO.

git's git-difftool documentation