Changing the diff/merge tool in Visual Studio

31. July 2009
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Because I just recently had to do this again, I wanted to send everybody to a link that I used to do this. I personally prefer to use Beyond Compare for my diff tool in Visual Studio. The link to this is here: http://whyiamright.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/changing-the-diffmerge-program-used-by-visual-studio/

 

In case his site every dies, i'll copy the steps here for your convience. 

  • Open Visual Studio
  • Click Tools.. Options
  • Select Source Control in the left pane. (If it is not there check the “Show all settings” box at the bottom left.
  • Select Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.
  • Click the “Configure User Tools” button in the right pane.

Options

  • Click Add in the “Configure User Tools” window

Add

Now you are ready to enter the configuration for whichever tool you choose to use. Below is what I entered for Beyond Compare.

Compare Settings:

%1 %2 /title1=%6 /title2=%7

BeyondCompare

Merge Settings:

%1 %2 %3 %4 /title1=%6 /title2=%7 /title3=%8 /title4=%9

Merge Settings

If you are not using Beyond Compare here is a post by James Manning that lists settings for different compare and merge tools including WinDiff!

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Comments (2) -

Walker Wilkins
8/27/2009 3:45:05 PM #
If you're using Beyond Compare 3, I would suggest using the settings on James Manning's Blog(Compare is the same, but Merge string is different):

Compare:
%1 %2 /title1=%6 /title2=%7
Merge:
%1 %2 %3 %4 /title1=%6 /title2=%7 /title3=%8 /title4=%9
jtstroup
3/4/2010 7:54:46 PM #
Thanks Walker good comment Smile

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