How to use Visual Studio (vsdiffmerge) as external diff tool in SourceTree for Mercurial?

Question

I am using Mercurial for my source control and SourceTree to manage it. I want to use Visual Studio\'s built in diff and merge tool (vsdiffmerge) for comparing files however thi

Answer 1

Follow this SO for more guidance What are the command line arguments for TFS default merge tool for VS 2012?

Also these pointers http://roadtoalm.com/2013/10/22/use-visual-studio-as-your-diff-and-merging-tool-for-local-files/

Truth is, I tried setting it up as well and didn't have much luck. I happen to use Beyond Compare. If you want it to work, at least stay within the choices that SourceTree offers in the drop-down list of external diff options. No good reason to use anything else they aren't supporting.