>From "fossil ui", go to "admin > settings". In diff-command put the path and executable name for winmerge.
My winmerge is a portable installation, so my diff-command is set as ... C:\bin\winmerge-2.14.0\winmergeu.exe Works great. On Tue, Feb 13, 2018, 1:30 PM <sky5w...@gmail.com> wrote: > I love WinMerge and was unable to trigger the diff from fossil(many > versions ago) as you suggest? > Can you describe how WinMerge is installed and fossil settings that worked > for you? > For now, I cut and paste, which is a drag. > > Thanks! > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 1:11 PM, Ron W <ronw.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 7:00 AM, < >> fossil-users-requ...@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote: >>> >>> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 11:42:59 +0100 >>> From: Gilles <codecompl...@free.fr> >>> Subject: Re: [fossil-users] Windows GUI that allows diff between two, >>> revisions? >>> >>> Thanks for the tip. Fuel does have an internal web browser: >>> >>> >>> https://s14.postimg.org/efgcfmwj5/Fossil.Fuel.history.internal.browser.png >>> >>> If there's no Windows alternative to Fuel, it looks like it's either the >>> web UI or the command line. >>> >>> Is there an easy way to compare two revisions of a file while the >>> repository is closed (ie. not a comparison between a revision in the >>> repo and a live file in the workspace), possibly using WinMerge, so I >>> can easily see what the changes are, check out the latest verison, and >>> copy/paste ? >>> >> >> In the Fossil "web UI", from the timeline, select a commit. Scroll down >> to the file of interest and click on it to show that file's history. In the >> "revision graph" (on the left), click the version you want to compare from >> (the node will turn red), then the version you want to compare to. This >> will display (in the web browser), a differ of the 2 versions. >> >> To use WinMerge, you need to configure Fossil to use that as the >> external diff (or gdiff) tool. then from the command line: >> >> fossil diff --from VERSION --to VERSION >> >> This will launch WinMerge (with temporary copies) to display the >> differences between the 2 versions. However, Fossil will ignore any changes >> you make in WinMerge. >> >> Until either Fuel is updated (possibly by some one forking it) or some >> one creates a new GUI front end for Fossil (possibly using Electronic or >> similar), this is the best you can get. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fossil-users mailing list >> fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org >> http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users >> >> > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users >
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