Comments on: Advantages of a 3rd party diff/compare tool

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:20:14 +0000

Why bother using Team foundation at all. By the time you’ve hunted around looking for a diff tool you might as well install TortoiseSVN and save yourself a lot of money

By: Max Rubinstein

Max Rubinstein — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:17:11 +0000

Is it possible to replace the merge tool only for UI merges, but still use built-in TFS merge process for “automatic” (non-ui) merges? I would be hesitant to replace the merge tool for my own convenience, if it can materially affect the automatic merge.

By: AndrewP

AndrewP — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:32:42 +0000

Using a third party tool totally changed everything! I’ve plugged Beyond Compare into TFS and it’s made merging 100% better. Thanks!

By: Punit

Punit — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:05:10 +0000

thanks for the tip! I am using beyond compare now for both diff and merge.

By: JeroenH

JeroenH — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:48:40 +0000

I totally agree. I usually configure winmerge as the diff tool, and kdiff3 as the merge tool.