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

If you're not one for the command line then if you install tortoise git you can right click on a file to get a tortoisegit submenu with the "Diff later" option.

When you select this on the first file you can then right click on the second file, go to the tortoisegit submenu and select "Diff with ==yourfilehere==" This will give the tortoisegitmerge gui for the result.