diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index db87f1d423..4c8825d193 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ OPTIONS
 --tool=<tool>::
 	Use the diff tool specified by <tool>.
 	Valid merge tools are:
-	kdiff3, kompare, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff,
-	ecmerge, diffuse, opendiff, p4merge and araxis.
+	araxis, diffuse, emerge, ecmerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3,
+	kompare, meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, vimdiff and xxdiff.
 +
 If a diff tool is not specified, 'git difftool'
 will use the configuration variable `diff.tool`.  If the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
index 1f75a848ba..4987245aca 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ OPTIONS
 --tool=<tool>::
 	Use the merge resolution program specified by <tool>.
 	Valid merge tools are:
-	kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge,
-	diffuse, tortoisemerge, opendiff, p4merge and araxis.
+	araxis, diffuse, ecmerge, emerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3,
+	meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, tortoisemerge, vimdiff and xxdiff.
 +
 If a merge resolution program is not specified, 'git mergetool'
 will use the configuration variable `merge.tool`.  If the
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
index 1e5c22c5e5..90587db169 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ merge.stat::
 
 merge.tool::
 	Controls which merge resolution program is used by
-	linkgit:git-mergetool[1].  Valid built-in values are: "kdiff3",
-	"tkdiff", "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff",
-	"diffuse", "ecmerge", "tortoisemerge", "p4merge", "araxis" and
-	"opendiff".  Any other value is treated is custom merge tool
+	linkgit:git-mergetool[1].  Valid built-in values are: "araxis",
+	"diffuse", "ecmerge", "emerge", "gvimdiff", "kdiff3", "meld",
+	"opendiff", "p4merge", "tkdiff", "tortoisemerge", "vimdiff"
+	and "xxdiff".  Any other value is treated is custom merge tool
 	and there must be a corresponding mergetool.<tool>.cmd option.
 
 merge.verbosity::
diff --git a/git-mergetool--lib.sh b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
index 77d4aee20e..efca09f51f 100644
--- a/git-mergetool--lib.sh
+++ b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ merge_mode() {
 
 translate_merge_tool_path () {
 	case "$1" in
-	vimdiff|vimdiff2)
-		echo vim
-		;;
-	gvimdiff|gvimdiff2)
-		echo gvim
+	araxis)
+		echo compare
 		;;
 	emerge)
 		echo emacs
 		;;
-	araxis)
-		echo compare
+	gvimdiff|gvimdiff2)
+		echo gvim
+		;;
+	vimdiff|vimdiff2)
+		echo vim
 		;;
 	*)
 		echo "$1"
@@ -46,17 +46,16 @@ check_unchanged () {
 
 valid_tool () {
 	case "$1" in
-	kdiff3 | tkdiff | xxdiff | meld | opendiff | \
-	vimdiff | gvimdiff | vimdiff2 | gvimdiff2 | \
-	emerge | ecmerge | diffuse | araxis | p4merge)
+	araxis | diffuse | ecmerge | emerge | gvimdiff | gvimdiff2 | \
+	kdiff3 | meld | opendiff | p4merge | tkdiff | vimdiff | vimdiff2 | xxdiff)
 		;; # happy
-	tortoisemerge)
-		if ! merge_mode; then
+	kompare)
+		if ! diff_mode; then
 			return 1
 		fi
 		;;
-	kompare)
-		if ! diff_mode; then
+	tortoisemerge)
+		if ! merge_mode; then
 			return 1
 		fi
 		;;
@@ -89,69 +88,22 @@ run_merge_tool () {
 	status=0
 
 	case "$1" in
-	kdiff3)
-		if merge_mode; then
-			if $base_present; then
-				("$merge_tool_path" --auto \
-					--L1 "$MERGED (Base)" \
-					--L2 "$MERGED (Local)" \
-					--L3 "$MERGED (Remote)" \
-					-o "$MERGED" \
-					"$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
-				> /dev/null 2>&1)
-			else
-				("$merge_tool_path" --auto \
-					--L1 "$MERGED (Local)" \
-					--L2 "$MERGED (Remote)" \
-					-o "$MERGED" \
-					"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
-				> /dev/null 2>&1)
-			fi
-			status=$?
-		else
-			("$merge_tool_path" --auto \
-				--L1 "$MERGED (A)" \
-				--L2 "$MERGED (B)" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
-			> /dev/null 2>&1)
-		fi
-		;;
-	kompare)
-		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-		;;
-	tkdiff)
-		if merge_mode; then
-			if $base_present; then
-				"$merge_tool_path" -a "$BASE" \
-					-o "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-			else
-				"$merge_tool_path" \
-					-o "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-			fi
-			status=$?
-		else
-			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-		fi
-		;;
-	p4merge)
-		if merge_mode; then
-		    touch "$BACKUP"
-			if $base_present; then
-				"$merge_tool_path" "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
-			else
-				"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
-			fi
-			check_unchanged
-		else
-			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-		fi
-		;;
-	meld)
+	araxis)
 		if merge_mode; then
 			touch "$BACKUP"
-			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
+			if $base_present; then
+				"$merge_tool_path" -wait -merge -3 -a1 \
+					"$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED" \
+					>/dev/null 2>&1
+			else
+				"$merge_tool_path" -wait -2 \
+					"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED" \
+					>/dev/null 2>&1
+			fi
 			check_unchanged
 		else
-			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+			"$merge_tool_path" -wait -2 "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+				>/dev/null 2>&1
 		fi
 		;;
 	diffuse)
@@ -170,75 +122,6 @@ run_merge_tool () {
 			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" | cat
 		fi
 		;;
-	vimdiff|gvimdiff)
-		if merge_mode; then
-			touch "$BACKUP"
-			if $base_present; then
-				"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c "wincmd J" \
-					"$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$REMOTE"
-			else
-				"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c "wincmd l" \
-					"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
-			fi
-			check_unchanged
-		else
-			"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c "wincmd l" \
-				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-		fi
-		;;
-	vimdiff2|gvimdiff2)
-		if merge_mode; then
-			touch "$BACKUP"
-			"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c "wincmd l" \
-				"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
-			check_unchanged
-		else
-			"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c "wincmd l" \
-				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-		fi
-		;;
-	xxdiff)
-		if merge_mode; then
-			touch "$BACKUP"
-			if $base_present; then
-				"$merge_tool_path" -X --show-merged-pane \
-					-R 'Accel.SaveAsMerged: "Ctrl-S"' \
-					-R 'Accel.Search: "Ctrl+F"' \
-					-R 'Accel.SearchForward: "Ctrl-G"' \
-					--merged-file "$MERGED" \
-					"$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$REMOTE"
-			else
-				"$merge_tool_path" -X $extra \
-					-R 'Accel.SaveAsMerged: "Ctrl-S"' \
-					-R 'Accel.Search: "Ctrl+F"' \
-					-R 'Accel.SearchForward: "Ctrl-G"' \
-					--merged-file "$MERGED" \
-					"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-			fi
-			check_unchanged
-		else
-			"$merge_tool_path" \
-				-R 'Accel.Search: "Ctrl+F"' \
-				-R 'Accel.SearchForward: "Ctrl-G"' \
-				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-		fi
-		;;
-	opendiff)
-		if merge_mode; then
-			touch "$BACKUP"
-			if $base_present; then
-				"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
-					-ancestor "$BASE" \
-					-merge "$MERGED" | cat
-			else
-				"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
-					-merge "$MERGED" | cat
-			fi
-			check_unchanged
-		else
-			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" | cat
-		fi
-		;;
 	ecmerge)
 		if merge_mode; then
 			touch "$BACKUP"
@@ -274,6 +157,114 @@ run_merge_tool () {
 				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
 		fi
 		;;
+	gvimdiff|vimdiff)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			touch "$BACKUP"
+			if $base_present; then
+				"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c "wincmd J" \
+					"$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$REMOTE"
+			else
+				"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c "wincmd l" \
+					"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
+			fi
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c "wincmd l" \
+				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		fi
+		;;
+	gvimdiff2|vimdiff2)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			touch "$BACKUP"
+			"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c "wincmd l" \
+				"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c "wincmd l" \
+				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		fi
+		;;
+	kdiff3)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			if $base_present; then
+				("$merge_tool_path" --auto \
+					--L1 "$MERGED (Base)" \
+					--L2 "$MERGED (Local)" \
+					--L3 "$MERGED (Remote)" \
+					-o "$MERGED" \
+					"$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+				> /dev/null 2>&1)
+			else
+				("$merge_tool_path" --auto \
+					--L1 "$MERGED (Local)" \
+					--L2 "$MERGED (Remote)" \
+					-o "$MERGED" \
+					"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+				> /dev/null 2>&1)
+			fi
+			status=$?
+		else
+			("$merge_tool_path" --auto \
+				--L1 "$MERGED (A)" \
+				--L2 "$MERGED (B)" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+			> /dev/null 2>&1)
+		fi
+		;;
+	kompare)
+		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		;;
+	meld)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			touch "$BACKUP"
+			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		fi
+		;;
+	opendiff)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			touch "$BACKUP"
+			if $base_present; then
+				"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+					-ancestor "$BASE" \
+					-merge "$MERGED" | cat
+			else
+				"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+					-merge "$MERGED" | cat
+			fi
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" | cat
+		fi
+		;;
+	p4merge)
+		if merge_mode; then
+		    touch "$BACKUP"
+			if $base_present; then
+				"$merge_tool_path" "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
+			else
+				"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
+			fi
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		fi
+		;;
+	tkdiff)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			if $base_present; then
+				"$merge_tool_path" -a "$BASE" \
+					-o "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+			else
+				"$merge_tool_path" \
+					-o "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+			fi
+			status=$?
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		fi
+		;;
 	tortoisemerge)
 		if $base_present; then
 			touch "$BACKUP"
@@ -286,22 +277,30 @@ run_merge_tool () {
 			status=1
 		fi
 		;;
-	araxis)
+	xxdiff)
 		if merge_mode; then
 			touch "$BACKUP"
 			if $base_present; then
-				"$merge_tool_path" -wait -merge -3 -a1 \
-					"$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED" \
-					>/dev/null 2>&1
+				"$merge_tool_path" -X --show-merged-pane \
+					-R 'Accel.SaveAsMerged: "Ctrl-S"' \
+					-R 'Accel.Search: "Ctrl+F"' \
+					-R 'Accel.SearchForward: "Ctrl-G"' \
+					--merged-file "$MERGED" \
+					"$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$REMOTE"
 			else
-				"$merge_tool_path" -wait -2 \
-					"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED" \
-					>/dev/null 2>&1
+				"$merge_tool_path" -X $extra \
+					-R 'Accel.SaveAsMerged: "Ctrl-S"' \
+					-R 'Accel.Search: "Ctrl+F"' \
+					-R 'Accel.SearchForward: "Ctrl-G"' \
+					--merged-file "$MERGED" \
+					"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
 			fi
 			check_unchanged
 		else
-			"$merge_tool_path" -wait -2 "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
-				>/dev/null 2>&1
+			"$merge_tool_path" \
+				-R 'Accel.Search: "Ctrl+F"' \
+				-R 'Accel.SearchForward: "Ctrl-G"' \
+				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
 		fi
 		;;
 	*)