Git: How configure KDiff3 as merge tool and diff tool

Question

Recently I was using GitExtension 2.46, but the Git version that has the same is 1.9.4.msysgit.2. Willing to use only Git commands, I uninstalled GitExtension and install th

Answer 1

I needed to add the command line parameters or KDiff3 would only open without files and prompt me for base, local and remote. I used the version supplied with TortoiseHg.

Additionally, I needed to resort to the good old DOS 8.3 file names.

[merge]
    tool = kdiff3

[mergetool "kdiff3"]
    cmd = /c/Progra~1/TortoiseHg/lib/kdiff3.exe $BASE $LOCAL $REMOTE -o $MERGED

However, it works correctly now.