merge conflict automaticall launches xxdiff, but hg diff not

Isaac Jurado diptongo at gmail.com
Sun Jun 5 05:14:39 CDT 2011


On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 9:47 PM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> no, i am not asking why it fires a graphical merge tool. i am asking
> why it cannot fire a graphical diff tool as well having that
> information.

The "hg diff" command has its own diff/patch algorithm implemented
internally.  If you want to use an external diff tool, you have to
configure the extdiff extension.

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Isaac Jurado

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