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Installing and configuring P4Merge for Git on Ubuntu
# based on http://blogs.pdmlab.com/alexander.zeitler/articles/installing-and-configuring-p4merge-for-git-on-ubuntu/
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ wget https://cdist2.perforce.com/perforce/r18.2/bin.linux26x86_64/p4v.tgz
$ tar zxvf p4v.tgz
$ sudo mkdir /opt/p4v
$ cd p4v-2018.2.1666551
$ sudo mv * /opt/p4v
$ sudo ln -s /opt/p4v/bin/p4merge /usr/local/bin/p4merge
~/.gitconfig
[color]
ui = true
diff = true
branch = auto
status = auto
[alias]
new = checkout -b
co = checkout
ci = commit
cm = commit -m
cam = commit -am
ca = commit --amend # careful
st = status
br = branch
lg = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen--> %cr%Creset by %Cblue%cN <%cE>%Creset' --abbre
v-commit --date=relative
hist = log --pretty=format:\"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]\" --graph --date=short
type = cat-file -t
dump = cat-file -p
s = status --short
a = !git add . && git status
au = !git add -u . && git statustus
aa = !git add . && git add -u . && git status
ac = !git add . && git commit
acm = !git add . && git commit -m
put = push origin HEAD
get = pull origin HEAD
[merge]
keepBackup = false;
tool = p4merge
[mergetool]
prompt = false
[mergetool "p4merge"]
cmd = p4merge "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
keepTemporaries = false
trustExitCode = false
keepBackup = false
[diff]
tool = p4merge
[difftool]
prompt = false
[difftool "p4merge"]
cmd = p4merge "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
keepTemporaries = false
trustExitCode = false
keepBackup = false
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