Git mergetool with Meld on Windows

Question

In Linux, my favorite merge tool is Meld, and I\'ve had no problems using or configuring it to work with Git. However, in Windows it has been a different story.

Fir

Answer 1

Schuess, be careful for space character in directories!

[merge]
    tool = meld
[mergetool "meld"]
    prompt = false
    keepBackup = false
    keepTemporaries = false
    path = C:/Program Files (x86)/Meld/Meld.exe
    cmd = \"/C/Program Files (x86)/Meld/Meld.exe\" \"$PWD/$LOCAL\" \"$PWD/$BASE\" \"$PWD/$REMOTE\" \"--output=$PWD/$MERGED\"

Answer 2

Why do you not use git bash for Windows?

After install meld simply:

git config --global merge.tool meld
git config --global mergetool.meld.path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Meld\Meld.exe" <- path to meld here

Thats all!

Answer 3

I had the exact same problem and found I had to brute force my way to get it to work. Here is what I put in my .gitconfig file. (Note my meld executable is in a different location)

[merge]
    tool = meld
[mergetool "meld"]
        cmd = "/c/Meld/meld/meld.exe $PWD/$LOCAL $PWD/$BASE $PWD/$REMOTE --output=$PWD/$MERGED"

Answer 4

For some reason, in Windows 10 the PATH environmental variable could not be set properly during the installation, so a strange exception is raised saying that it is not able to find some .dll that are under "C:\Program Files (x86)/Meld/bin" directory.

A workaround for me was, execute in git bash:

export PATH=$PATH:"/C/Program Files (x86)/Meld/lib" 

Or add to windows PATH

C:\Program Files (x86)/Meld/bin

Answer 5

None of the answers worked for me. I ended up with this in the .gitconfig-file:

[merge]
  tool = meld
[mergetool "meld"]
  cmd = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Meld/Meld.exe' $LOCAL $BASE $REMOTE --output=$MERGED
[mergetool]
  prompt = false

After a git merge mybranch ending with conflicts, you simply type git mergetool and meld opens. After a save, you have to commit in git and the conflicts are resolved.

For some reason, this only worked with Meld 3.18.x, Meld 3.20.x gives me an error.

Answer 6

I too faced similar issue.Operating system used is Windows 10 and the following changes worked for me.It seems more like path issue

git config --global mergetool.meld.path "/c/Program Files (x86)/Meld/Meld.exe" <- path to meld here