TortoiseSVN : Good 'patch file' viewer?

Question

The default patch file viewer is messy (ie. no side by side diff view etc). I tried setting the path of beyondCompare exe in \"Settings->Unified Diff Viewer->custom\", but beyon

Answer 1

You can view a diff file (a patch generated by diff tool) using Kompare from KDE environment. I used it before on Linux, but today I found how to install it on Windows. Here is an installation instruction from a blog "Kompare - the only valuable diff for M$Windows":

1. Go to gnuwin32 diffutils, download and install.
2. Download kdewin installer and launch it.
3. After installing kde4win - start kompare and in "Diff" section show him where your diff.exe (from gnuwin32 diffutils) is located.
4. Restart Kompare and it's ready to use!

You can also add an association with .diff file format and now you can view any diff files. For me it works great.