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Schultz9999
Schultz9999

Reputation: 8936

How to make Beyond Compare work within Eclipse with Git?

There is clear explanation how to make BC a default tool for diff and merging for Subversion and Git when used not from within Eclipse. But what about the latter? I keep getting the following dialog:

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UPDATE: Added to my global .gitconfig and git difftool command now works. Can't say the same about Eclipse. I can't get why it's so confusing to set up.

[diff]
    tool = bc3
[difftool]
    prompt = false
[difftool "bc3"]
    cmd = \"C:/Program Files (x86)/Beyond Compare 3/BComp.exe\" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"

My Eclipse config now looks like: enter image description here

Upvotes: 3

Views: 6207

Answers (2)

Fred Andrews
Fred Andrews

Reputation: 668

This is a very old thread, but appears to have a new answer. The BC thread mentioned above had a fairly new entry mentioning Context Quickie. I installed that, configured it to use BC 4 in my case, and have a much more readable compare when in egit.

Upvotes: 0

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1327902

This thread suggests:

  • tinkering the the git config

    Eclipse Preferences, under Team -> Git -> Configuration, it points to a .gitconfig file. (and declare beyond compare as documented)

  • or... Use Intellij IDEA(!)

The integration of Beyond Compare and Eclipse itself is based on a plugin, so a direct integration between BC and EGit might not be possible directly through Eclipse.

Upvotes: 2

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