# GIT - Visual Diff Tool **URL:** \ **Category:** Git\ **Created:** [April 21, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/git-visual-diff-tool/4308 "2021-04-21T03:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gsanchezolea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@gsanchezolea](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/gsanchezolea)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/git-visual-diff-tool/4308/1 "2021-04-21T03:01:13Z")
I am on the 13th segment of the 5 hour course currently looking at Visual Diff Tools, I have gone ahead and run the following commands in the following order in regards to setup git config --global diff.tool vscode git config --global difftoo.vscode.cmd “code --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE” git config --global -e git difftool after running the difftool I have nothing the cursor clears and nothing happens. Any suggestions as to what this could be? ---
**Author:** ![JerryC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/jerryc/32/859_2.png) [@JerryC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/JerryC)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/git-visual-diff-tool/4308/2 "2021-05-10T23:53:13Z")
Typo: you typed difftoo instead of difftool Change: git config --global difftoo.vscode.cmd “code --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE” To: git config --global difftool.vscode.cmd “code --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE” ---
**Author:** ![gsanchezolea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@gsanchezolea](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/gsanchezolea)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/git-visual-diff-tool/4308/3 "2021-05-11T02:03:48Z")
yup I just tried that and it still does’nt work, I am using Windows by the way not sure if that matters. ---
**Author:** ![JerryC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/jerryc/32/859_2.png) [@JerryC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/JerryC)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/git-visual-diff-tool/4308/4 "2021-05-11T13:04:57Z")
Try looking at the file that the commands are updating. That is C:\users\{your-user-name}\.gitconfig Back up .gitconfig to another file, and manually edit it. Watch the part of the lesson where Mosh shows what is in his .gitconfig IN MY OPINION I don’t bother configuring a diff tool. I open VSCode directly and look at diffs. My .gitconfig is very minimal. Here’s my .gitconfig: [user] email = [xxxxxxx@gmail.com](mailto:xxxxxxx@gmail.com) name = Jerry Cxxxxx [filter “lfs”] smudge = git-lfs smudge – %f process = git-lfs filter-process required = true clean = git-lfs clean – %f [core] longpaths = true autocrlf = true Also, I’m using GitBash for my Git command line. ---
**Author:** ![bahamaniacal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@bahamaniacal](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/bahamaniacal)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/git-visual-diff-tool/4308/5 "2021-08-23T18:18:38Z")
My issue is a little different. vscode opens just fine. There is a “Splash Page” but not files are shown. How would one use VSCode to compare two files with one is in the staging area? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![bahamaniacal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@bahamaniacal](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/bahamaniacal)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/git-visual-diff-tool/4308/6 "2021-08-23T18:34:44Z")
My apologies. I found it. Not sure why vscode is not defaulting to my project directory… probably a $PATH issue in one of the config files. ‘$LOCAL and $REMOTE’ are listed as in the tutorial. Results are different in practice. Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![bahamaniacal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@bahamaniacal](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/bahamaniacal)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/git-visual-diff-tool/4308/7 "2021-08-23T18:49:11Z")
Nope. I can’t figure out how to select the Staging Area File / Index Area File. No compare is happening. ---
**Author:** ![jmrunkle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/jmrunkle/32/3765_2.png) [@jmrunkle](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/jmrunkle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/git-visual-diff-tool/4308/8 "2022-08-07T03:53:26Z")
Most likely looking at VSCode’s own documentation would be helpful here: [Version Control in Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/versioncontrol) ---
**Author:** ![theorion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/theorion/32/7783_2.png) [@theorion](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/theorion)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/git-visual-diff-tool/4308/9 "2023-12-07T23:40:45Z")
just had the same problem on windows, found this site with an implementation that worked. note no parenthesis on this [core] editor = code --wait autocrlf = true [diff] tool = vscode [difftool “vscode”] cmd = code --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE [merge] tool = vscode [mergetool “vscode”] cmd = code --wait $MERGED > **[How to use VS Code as your Git editor, difftool, and mergetool](https://www.roboleary.net/vscode/2020/09/15/vscode-git.html)** > > Do you use VS Code as your default Git editor? Let's look at the potential benefits of using VS Code as a fully-fledged Git partner, and how you can do it.