This tag is used to indicate the process uses the merging of two or more files.
Questions tagged [filemerge]
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How to use git mergetool's filemerge
The documentation is here: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-mergetool.html
A handy guide is here: http://ryanflorence.com/git-for-beginners/
However, neither of them explain how to use mergetool's filemerge.
The guide I read says…
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FileMerge quits immediately after launching from SourceTree
I regularly use Atlassian SourceTree (on Mac OS X) to launch FileMerge to resolve git merge conflicts. Out of the blue it has stopped working: when I right click and select Resolve Conflicts > Launch External Merge Tool, FileMerge launches, creates…
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Unable to load platform at path
When using filemerge to solve HG conflict, I got the following error
FileMerge[18002:707] Unable to load platform at path
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform
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How do I pipe in FileMerge as a diff tool with git on OS X?
I'm new to git on OS X, and I'm using it via the command line. I come from the world of Tortoise SVN and Beyond Compare on Windows.
I want to be able to send diffs to FileMerge.
I was able to do this with TextMate simply by using:
git diff |…
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Cleaning up after a conflicted git merge?
I had a small conflict in a .h header file in a project I'm working on. This project is tracked in Git.
Fortunately, the conflict was very simple to solve. I used
git mergetool
And chose the default (opendiff) which seemed to be FileMerge on my Mac.…
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How do I open FileMerge.app on Mac OS 10.13+ and Xcode 9+?
I see FileMerge in the Xcode app bundle:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/FileMerge.app
I know I can open it on the command line using:
open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/FileMerge.app
But there seems like there should…
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Configuring Mercurial - FileMerge for Apple Mac OS X
How do I configure Apple's FileMerge program to function as Mercurial's merge tool? I have my .hgrc file setup in my home directory and I simply want to configure FileMerge as the merge program.
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FileMerge .nib file type cannot be merged
I am trying to merge two .nib files. FileMerge has no problem showing the comparison of the two files. I am trying to keep all the settings in one file (i.e. right side) except for two settings that I want to copy from the other file (i.e. left…
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FileMerge error message when used with Git difftool
I use FileMerge as the difftool tool for Git. Recently, I started receiving a weird error message:
Unable to load platform at path /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/
Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform
FileMerge still performs the diff just…
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git diff with opendiff gives "Couldn't launch FileMerge" error
I have git configured to use ~/bin/opendiff-git.sh as my external diff tool. That script looks like this:
opendiff $2 $5
When I try and do a git diff from the command line, I get this message:
2011-02-18 13:58:55.532 opendiff[27959:60f] exception…
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How to change FileMerge's font/settings/preferences?
For some time now, I can't change FileMerge's font. Then it suddenly started using a Helvetica-like font (sans serif, variable width) for files it doesn't recognize (like typescript source files). That could be changed temporarily to monaco by…
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How to assign shortcuts to FileMerge
I know you can assign shortcuts by editing the nib file that FileMerge uses, but I have no idea how to do it.
I want to replace the "choose left" and "choose right" actions with specific keys on my keyboard (for example, left key and right key). How…
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How to perform a SQL-like Join in Perl?
I have to process some data by combining two different files. Both of them have two columns that would form a primary key that I can use to match them side-by-side. The files in questions are huge (around 5GB with 20 million rows) so I would need an…
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Is there any tool for combining front-end JS files in NodeJS?
I have front-end JS files:
-js
-a.js
-b.js
-c.js
and I request http://example.com/js/all.js, I will get a file with all contents of a.js, b.js and c.js.
Is there any library provides such function in NodeJS?
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Cannot find FileMerge (opendiff tool) but I have xcode 4.6 installed
When I attempt to run FileMerge as a GUI for Opendiff, I receive an error:
$ git mergetool -t opendiff
Merging:
Gemfile
Gemfile.lock
...
Normal merge conflict for 'Gemfile':
{local}: modified file
{remote}: modified file
Hit return to start…
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