Re: External diff tool not used when diff'ing images

On 25.07.2014 21:58, Simon Large wrote:
> On 25 July 2014 17:26, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 25.07.2014 02:15, Jonathon wrote:
>>> When I right-click on a modified PNG image file and select "SVN Diff"
>>> it always opens TortoiseIDiff instead of my external diff tool (which
>>> is set to use BeyondCompare). It uses my specified external diff
>>> tool for other file types, but not for PNGs. It may have the same
>>> problem with any file type but I only use PNGs so I can't speak to
>>> that.
>>>
>>> This is a new problem when I updated to the latest version of
>>> tortoisesvn (1.8.7). I didn't used to have this problem with the
>>> previous version of tortoisesvn I had installed (unfortunately I
>>> didn't check which version I had installed before I installed the
>>> latest).
>>>
>>> How do I get tortoisesvn to obey my external Diff tool setting for
>>> PNG files? The beyondcompare image diff feature is much better than
>>> TortoiseIDiff so I want it to use beyondcompare as I have specified.
>>>
>
> *********************************************
>>> I have tried explicitly telling tortoisesvn in the "Settings" panel
>>> to use beyondcompare specifically for the .png file extension (under
>>> "Advanced settings...") but tortoisesvn just ignores my external diff
>>> setting when diff'ing PNG files no matter what I try.
> *********************************************
>
>>> Is this a bug?
>>
>> No, it's not. And it has always worked that way, ever since
>> TortoiseIDiff existed.
>> You have to specify your diff tool for the png extension and/or the png
>> mime type separately. Since most diff tools only deal with text, image
>> file extensions automatically use TortoiseIDiff unless you specified
>> another diff tool for that extension:
>> Settings->Diff Viewer->Advanced...
>> Add..
>> enter ".png" for the extension and your diff tool in the box below.
>
> That's what he said he tried.

Sorry, missed that.

Then make sure the extension in the "advanced" dialog is ".png", not
just "png".

Stefan

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