Using external diff tool in Gitkraken

Question

I have installed Beyond Compare and want to use it as both merge and diff tool inside Gitkraken.

When I select any of the modified files, it still uses the default Gitkraken diff view... I know it does say merge tool in the settings, but there must be a way to specify a diff tool too, right?

linked https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36667383/configure-a-merge-tool-for-gitkraken-on-windows10 — TT--, Aug 16 '18 at 22:20
I have the Lite version of BCompare. And I cannot make it appear in GitKraken. Can you please post your .config files? c:\Users\UserName\.gitconfig AND c:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\.gitkraken\config — Gabriel, Aug 29 '23 at 09:05

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 30 '17 at 10:21

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This is now a working feature on GitKraken. On the commit details pane, if you right click on a file, it gives the option of opening in the external tool.

answered Oct 30 '17 at 10:21

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And you also have the option under General-settings to set a diff-tool! – Jim Aho Nov 20 '17 at 15:32

Danijel · Answer 2 · 2020-11-12T11:24:55.253

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GitKraken 7.4.0:
File -> Preferences -> General -> External Diff Tool

edited Nov 12 '20 at 11:24

answered Nov 12 '20 at 11:03

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What do you do if BeyondCompare is not in the drop-down list? – Adrian Keister Aug 24 '22 at 20:09
launch beyond compare, and menu -> install command line tool -> restart Gitkraken – Soo Chun Jung Sep 02 '22 at 06:04
@SooChunJung - That's only for Mac, and it won't help anyway. – Gabriel Aug 29 '23 at 08:59
I will convert my negative vote to positive if you can really show show you got BCompare into that menu. I have GitKraken 9.x and the BCompare is not visible. – Gabriel Aug 29 '23 at 09:02
Isn't the screenshot "really" showing it? Not that I care about your vote, just curious... :-) – Danijel Aug 31 '23 at 07:43

Using external diff tool in Gitkraken

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