Git for Windows using Beyond Compare
beyondcompare, git, windows
Solution
There is an old(ish) thread on msysGit forum (googlegroups) . In summary, there was a change in the executable name and the fix went (should have gone;-) in a version after yours.
An update to the latest should fix it.
Problem
I'm a newcomer to git and I've having difficulty configuring a visual diff/merge tool. I've configured git as per the instructions on http://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_vcs#gitwindows but when i run git difftool file.txt the diff is shown on the console, no errors are shown and beyond compare isn't launched. Any ideas what the issue might be? Thanks James I'm running 1.7.6.msysgit.0 on Windows 7 x64 My config is (I've removed usernames etc) ``` $ git config --list core.symlinks=false core.autocrlf=true color.diff=auto color.status=auto color.branch=auto color.interactive=true pack.packsizelimit=2g help.format=html http.sslcainfo=/bin/curl-ca-bundle.crt sendemail.smtpserver=/bin/msmtp.exe diff.astextplain.textconv=astextplain rebase.autosquash=true diff.tool=bc3 difftool.bc3.path=c:/program files (x86)/beyond compare 3/bcomp.exe merge.tool=bc3 mergetool.bc3.path=c:/program files (x86)/beyond compare 3/bcomp.exe core.repositoryformatversion=0 core.filemode=false core.bare=false core.logallrefupdates=true core.symlinks=false core.ignorecase=true core.hidedotfiles=dotGitOnly gui.wmstate=zoomed gui.geometry=584x210+275+275 408 476 ```