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Is there a way to use Beyond Compare as the default comparison tool when doing "Compare with Unmodified" in Visual Studio 2015/2017 when using Git?
I don't find the "Configure User tools" option as described in How to configure Visual Studio to use Beyond Compare.
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Launch Beyond Compare, go to the Beyond Compare menu and run Install Command Line Tools. Open Tower's preferences dialog on the Git Config Tab. Set the Diff Tool drop-down to Beyond Compare. Set the Merge tool drop-down to Beyond Compare.
Beyond Compare is limited to 2-way comparison. If the main file and the other files are all located in the same folder, load the folder in the Folder Compare. Then select the main file and one of the other files. Right click and select Open to launch the two files in the Text Compare.
In Beyond Compare Pro, open Tools | Source Control Integration. Click the Browse button and select the working folder for your Perforce workspace. Click Add and fill in your Perforce connection information.
One option is to follow edit .git/config to configure the diff tool as described here: http://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_vcs#visualstudio-git
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The Configure User tools is only work with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server source control plug-in. Not available with GIT source control plug-in.
Since Visual Studio Git Plugin uses standard git configuration, your local repository probably does not have any specific tools for diff and merge (unless you configured them), so global settings are honored.
To verify actual settings you can open a Git Bash on the repository, issue a git config –list command and look at merge.tool and diff.tool settings
Try to change it here, more ways please take a look at this blog: How to configure diff and Merge tool in Visual Studio Git Tools
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