How to make Beyond Compare work within Eclipse with Git?

Question

There is clear explanation how to make BC a default tool for diff and merging for Subversion and Git when used not from within Eclipse. But what about the latter? I

Answer 1

This is a very old thread, but appears to have a new answer. The BC thread mentioned above had a fairly new entry mentioning Context Quickie. I installed that, configured it to use BC 4 in my case, and have a much more readable compare when in egit.

Answer 2

This thread suggests:

• tinkering the the git config

  Eclipse Preferences, under Team -> Git -> Configuration, it points to a .gitconfig file. (and declare beyond compare as documented)

• or... Use Intellij IDEA(!)

The integration of Beyond Compare and Eclipse itself is based on a plugin, so a direct integration between BC and EGit might not be possible directly through Eclipse.