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Re: Windows Git will not start external diff at all

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Sep 6, 2016, 16:34 UTC
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Hi Jaakko,
On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, Jaakko Pääkkönen wrote:
> I am using beyond compare, but it does not really matter which one
> because even I create a dummy script as a external diff program, it
> will not get called ever. Only internal diff is started.
Any chance you can come up with an MCVE [*1*] using a dummy script?
> 
> Re-installing git will not remove the problem. I am using the latest git
> 
> Any hints how I can debug git difftool?

Sure. First hint: set GIT_TRACE=1. Next hint: difftool is a shell script, so you can modify it, say, by inserting a `set -x` which will trace the commands that are called.

Ciao, Johannes

Footnote *1*: http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve
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  1. Jaakko PääkkönenSep 6, 2016
  2. Johannes SchindelinSep 6, 2016

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