Using Vimdiff with Git Diff

While perusing the post, “A few of my Git tricks, tips and workflows” I saw the author output his git diff information to an external tool. I wanted to do the same thing, but to vimdiff. After a very short googling, I ran across the following solution on StackOverflow:

git config --global diff.tool vimdiff
git config --global difftool.prompt false
git config --global alias.d difftool[/code]

Setting it up this way allows you to use “git diff” as normal, but if you want see the diff in Vim, use “git d” instead of “git diff”.</p>

Further Reading:

• Git and Vimdiff
• http://nuclearsquid.com/writings/git-tricks-tips-workflows.html
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3713765/viewing-all-git-diffs-with-vimdiff