Git - How to save diff to file when diff.external tool is configured?

Question

I've configured my git to use Meld as the diff tool:

git config --global diff.external /home/myname/diff.py

When I'm trying to save a diff to a file by: git diff > file.diff Meld is opened and the diff is not saved. How can I save the diff to a file without opening Meld?

Answer 1

Just add --no-ext-diff option:

git diff --no-ext-diff > file.diff