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Re: Can I configure an external tool for directory diff?

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:16:25 +0200

On 30.07.2014 19:05, Ben Fritz wrote:
> I want to use Beyond Compare or KDiff3 for a directory comparison,
> when I use TortoiseSVN →Diff with URL. This would be much more usable
> to me than the patch viewer, which also sometimes just errors out.
>
> I looked in the TortoiseSVN settings for Diff Viewer but didn't see
> any relevant options, and a web search just turned up advice about
> exporting the two URLs and diffing on the file system. Is there a
> configuration option I'm missing? If not could this be added?

You can not do directory diffs in TSVN, no matter what diff tool you're
using. A diff of a directory always returns the diff of its properties,
but never of its contents.

Stefan

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