Setting up Beyond Compare in Visual Studio 2013 when using Git

Question

How to configure Visual Studio to use Beyond Compare has a great answer for how to configure Visual Studio to use Beyond Compare. However, the UI for these steps has changed in

Answer 1

At least for VS 2012 you can actually just update from the command prompt as shown on the Scooter website. http://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_vcs#gitwindows

If you've installed msysgitVS using the Configure User Tools thingy in VS, your path to Git will probably be:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git.exe

For Git 1.7.6 and newer, edit the global config file to set the path. At a Windows command prompt enter the following commands:

For Beyond Compare v3 use:

git config --global diff.tool bc3

git config --global difftool.bc3.path "c:/program files (x86)/beyond compare 3/bcomp.exe"

If you've got PRO license, also these:

git config --global merge.tool bc3

git config --global mergetool.bc3.path "c:/program files (x86)/beyond compare 3/bcomp.exe"

Then when doing a comparison in Visual Studio it will use BeyondCompare.

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For Beyond Compare v4 use:

git config --global diff.tool bc4

git config --global difftool.bc4.cmd "\"c:/program files (x86)/beyond compare 4/bcomp.exe\" \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\""

and

git config --global merge.tool bc4

git config --global mergetool.bc4.cmd "\"c:/program files (x86)/beyond compare 4/bcomp.exe\" \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\" \"$BASE\" \"$MERGED\""

git config --global mergetool.bc4.trustExitCode true