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difftool sends malformed path to exernal tool on Windows

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PLPaul Lotz <plotz@lsst.org>
Date
Feb 17, 2014, 22:14 UTC
Message-ID
<011301cf2c2d$90442810$b0cc7830$@lsst.org>

From the Git Bash command line, I enter $ git difftool

and type ‘y’ when the file I want to difference appears.  Git correctly calls the external diff tool (LVCompare.exe), but the path for the remote file Git passes to that tool is malformed (e.g., C:\/Users/Paul/AppData/Local/Temp/QCpqLa_calcLoadCellExcitation.vi).  Obviously the \/ (backslash forwardslash) combination is incorrect.

For the record, I have successfully made calls to LVCompare.exe manually from a Windows command prompt directly (without Git).

The relevant portion of the .gitconfig file is:
[diff]
     tool = "LVCompare"
[difftool "LVCompare"]
     cmd = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/National Instruments/Shared/LabVIEW
Compare/LVCompare.exe' \"$LOCAL\"  \"$REMOTE\"
For the record, the operating system is Windows 8.1.
Paul
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