To avoid generating unwanted git .orig
and .backup
files, you can modify the configuration by executing the following command:
git config --global mergetool.keepBackup false
Typically, when using git mergetool
to resolve merge conflicts, the tool will save the conflicted version of the file with a .orig and .backup suffixes. However, if the mergetool.keepBackup
configuration option is set to false
, these .orig and .backup files will not be preserved. It’s worth noting that the default value for this option is true
, meaning that backup files will be kept by default.