Using Meld as external diff tool with Tortoise SVN

Question

I have Tortoise SVN but I don't like the diff tool. Is there a way to use Meld with tortoise SVN? I know tortoise has an option to set external diff tools, but I am not sure how to use that with meld.

Answer 1

1. Download meld from http://sourceforge.net/projects/meld-installer/

2. Unpack the downloaded zip archive into "Program Files" or wherever you want it to be installed. This will create two folders, named "meld" and "python".

3. Start "meld.exe" from the "meld" folder. If you get a Meld window opened, then you have installed Meld successfully.

4. In TortoiseSVN, select Settings, then go to External Programs -> Diff Viewer on the left panel. In Configure the program used for comparing different revisions of files, browse to the Meld executable, "meld.exe", in your "meld" folder. Click on Apply.

That's it!

Answer 2

With Meld 3.12 on windows this didn't work for me when merging.

My 'Merge Tool' command is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Meld\meld\meld.exe --auto-merge --output %merged %mine %base %theirs

Answer 3

This worked for me (Meld 1.8.6):

meld %mine %merged %theirs --output %merged --auto-merge

Super fancy: three-way merge with extra tabs for [mine vs base] and [theirs vs base].

meld %mine %base %theirs -o %merged --diff %base %mine --diff %base %theirs --auto-merge

https://lukas.zapletalovi.com/2012/09/three-way-git-merging-with-meld.html

Answer 4

Especialy for merging 3-ways conflicts, under Windows, with Meld 1.8.6, this helps me :

C:\Program Files (x86)\Meld\meld\meld.exe %mine %base %theirs --output %merged --auto-merge

But I do like the extra tabs of ryascl also.