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Re:When i run git difftool, git did not use difftool.bc3.cmd,why?

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jelly <sinojelly@163.com>
Date
Aug 7, 2011, 02:03 UTC
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>When i run git difftool, git did not use difftool.bc3.cmd,why?>Even i write a wrong exe file name bcomp1.exe, git still use bcompare.

I found the reason. because bc3 is a special name, git call bcompare internal.change the name bc3, it works fine.

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