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Using Meld from VSCode – "meld diff error scm diff type 18 not supported"
"meld Diff Error scm diff type 18 not supported"
Where is this type 18 documented, what does this mean?
I am on Win11.
Git 2.50.1.windows.1 installed
I have Meld 3.22.2 installed
Running VSCode 1.102....
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Show a git merge commit in three-panel form in meld
This question shows many good ways to use git-mergetool to show the condition of files before a merge commit using meld:
Setting up and using Meld as your Git difftool and mergetool
I like the three-...
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Merging with meld: hideResolved vs useAutoMerge
As far as I know, there are two options to make meld automatically merge the changes which do not conflict.
What is the difference between both options, and which is preferred?
git config --global ...
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Set Meld as external diff tool in gitk - permissions error MacOS
I am trying to setup Meld as an external diff tool in gitk on macOS however I stumbled on an error when trying to open a diff.
/ Applications/Meld.app: command
failed: couldn't execute "/
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Why /usr/bin/python3: symbol lookup error on git branch comparision with difftool meld in ubuntu?
I'm trying to compare two git branches using meld, in ubuntu with following command;
git difftool -d branch123
it gives me this error instead of comparision in meld:
/usr/bin/python3: symbol lookup ...
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how to ignore a directory in meld?
I am doing a directory comparison using Meld v3.20.4 on Ubuntu 20.04
I want to ignore a directory that looks like this
a
└── b
├── c
│ ├── c1.csv
│ ├── c2.log
│ └── c3.txt
└──...
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linux svn launches meld
I'm using a shared VM, its running Fedora 20 Heisenbug. SVN is version 1.8.3
At some point meld was installed and now when running svn diff on the command line meld is automatically launched, meld is ...
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Running meld under WSL2 from the command line, I get a constant stream of errors, though it 'appears' to be working
I am running WLS2 on Windows 11. Everything is up to date.
~$ uname -a
Linux NJ-LPT-06 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP Fri Jan 27 02:56:13 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
When I start ...
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meld opens incorrect path to local file
recently installed meld on my macOS Catalina as mentioned here. My gitconfig file section that uses this looks like this:
[diff]
tool = meld
[difftool]
prompt = false
[difftool "meld&...
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Is it possible to use the git merge tools on files that contain conflict markers (i.e., `<<<`, `===`, and `>>>`) *outside* a git repo?
Problem description
When merging two branches in git with conflicting files, git adds markers to the conflicting areas.
For example, a file with conflict would look like this
Some code
<<<&...
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git mergetool throws an error "mv: cannot move <file> to <file_backup_3056>: function not implemented
I'm trying to setup Meld as my difftool as this is something I've used for a few years now and what I'm comfortable with.
As usual, I setup my meld on my PATH and put
[merge]
tool = meld
[diff]
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How to Change Meld Dark Theme to Light Theme?
I installed Meld on Linux Mint 21 and it's in dark theme (dark background). It's a pain to do text comparison. Previously on Linux Mint 20, it's in light theme (light background). How do I change that?...
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Access a file on remote/cluster directly
I am trying to compare two files one local and other one on remote. I used
meld a.txt user@host:/home/user/john/b.txt
This was not possible because file could not be detected. However, I could copy ...
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Allowing git mergetool to create multiple tabs in meld?
This question shows how to set meld as the git mergetool, and notes
If you have more than 1 file with merge conflicts then git will open a
new Meld window for each, one after another until they are ...
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MacPort Meld not working on MacOS Big Sur
On my system running Big Sur, I successfully installed MacPorts and meld. But when I run meld, I get the following error
% meld
2022年04月07日 17:36:21,148 CRITICAL Gtk: ...