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[PATCH 6/7] mergetools: use the correct tool for Beyond Compare 3 on Windows

From
Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>
Date
Oct 15, 2011, 14:05 UTC
Message-ID
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On Windows the bcompare tool launches a graphical program and does not wait for it to terminate. A separate 'bcomp' tool is provided which will wait for the view to exit so we use this instead.

Reported-by: Werner BEROUX <werner@beroux.com>
Signed-off-by: Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>
---
 mergetools/bc3 |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mergetools/bc3 b/mergetools/bc3
index 27b3dd4..b6319d2 100644
--- a/mergetools/bc3
+++ b/mergetools/bc3
@@ -16,5 +16,10 @@ merge_cmd () {
 }
 
 translate_merge_tool_path() {
-	echo bcompare
+	if type bcomp >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+	then
+		echo bcomp
+	else
+		echo bcompare
+	fi
 }
-- 
1.7.7.1.gbba15
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  2. 1/7 t1020: disable the pwd test on MinGWPat Thoyts, Oct 15, 2011
  3. 2/7 t9001: do not fail only due to CR/LF issuesPat Thoyts, Oct 15, 2011
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  5. 4/7 t9901: fix line-ending dependency on windowsPat Thoyts, Oct 15, 2011
  6. 5/7 t9300: do not run --cat-blob-fd related tests on MinGWPat Thoyts, Oct 15, 2011
  7. 6/7 mergetools: use the correct tool for Beyond Compare 3 on WindowsPat Thoyts, Oct 15, 2011
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