Opening a Diff in the currently open instance of Visual Studio 2012

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So I've been using the VS2012 diff tool with git recently and i dare say really like it. What's causing issues though is opening the diff using the command "devenv.exe -diff $file1 $file2" opens the diff in a new window (which takes aaaages). Anyone know if it's possible to open the diff in the current instance of Visual Studio and not a new one?

score 14 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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You might want to look at this answer: use Tools.DiffFiles in the Command window.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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answered Jul 15 '13 at 23:35

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Not what I'm after unfortunately. I need to be able to add an entry to my gitconfig in the format `devenv.exe -diff $file1 $file2"`, but not open a new instance of Visual Studio. – Adam Drewery Jul 22 '13 at 22:46

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 04 '14 at 08:06

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I am using VS2013. Since I'm always running devenv.exe as Administrator, I've managed to achieve this by launching cmd (or app that calls -diff) with Administrator permissions also.

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 19 '12 at 15:34

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In the solution explorer right-click on a file then choose compare. You will then have the option of selecting your files

answered Oct 19 '12 at 15:34

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Sorry, I am speaking in particular about opening a diff via command line (for use with git in this particular situation). – Adam Drewery Oct 22 '12 at 07:11

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 17 '17 at 14:23

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This is the vs2017 default behaviour

answered Jun 17 '17 at 14:23

Opening a Diff in the currently open instance of Visual Studio 2012

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