I used the commands following commands in order to make vimdiff my default diff tool under git.
# git config --global diff.tool vimdiff
# git config --global difftool.prompt false
# git config --global alias.diff difftool
My git config file looks like the below when I type
# git config -l
diff.tool=vimdiff
merge.tool=vimdiff
difftool.prompt=false
alias.diff=difftool
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
branch.master.remote=origin
branch.master.merge=refs/heads/master
When I run git diff it still uses the less method and displays my diff in line instead of using the vimdiff program. What am I missing in my config that prevents git from using vimdiff?
From man git-config:
To avoid confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that hide existing Git commands are ignored.
diff is an existing git command, so your alias is ignored.