Setting WinMerge as Git Diff Tool

Question

I followed this use Winmerge inside of Git to file diff but it seem does not work for me

Git Version

$ git --version
  git version 2.6.2.windows.1

Git Config --list

diff.tool=winmerge
merge.tool=winmerge

Git diff does not launch WinMerge but display the diff on the console like below

$ git diff
diff --git a/config.gradle b/config.gradle
index 39239eb..2ef8cb0 100644
--- a/config.gradle
+++ b/config.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project.ext.productId = "kgxs"
+project.ext.productId = "kgxsll"

Any idea where I am going wrong?

If winmerge.exe is not in your PATH, you'll need to specify the full path to it I believe. — melak47, Nov 02 '15 at 09:14
If my understanding is correct here the *winmerge* refers to the script that is located in Git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\mergetools which in turn finds the actual location of WinMerge — tabiul, Nov 02 '15 at 09:18
You're right, it checks PATH and variations of C:\Program Files - so if you used a different install path it might not find it. — melak47, Nov 02 '15 at 09:34
My installation is in standard path "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge" so I think that is not an issue — tabiul, Nov 02 '15 at 09:39
Try putting it in PATH anyway and see if that changes anything (even temporarily from the shell) — melak47, Nov 02 '15 at 09:51

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '16 at 14:06

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As mentioned in a comment above, you should use git difftool to launch an external diff tool rather than git diff which will show the internal console diff.

answered Sep 20 '16 at 14:06

Kasaku

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