Using WinMerge with TFS

I wanted to replace the standard TFS compare/merge tool with WinMerge, especially since the Visual Studio trial I was using expired.

It was not possible for me to configure TFS from Visual Studio as it refused to start. Fortunately a one liner allowed me to do it (in a Developer Command Prompt for VS2012)

tf diff /configure

Then:

  • Click the Add... button
  • For Extension, type *
  • For Operation, select Compare
  • For Command, browse for C:\Program Files\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe
  • For Arguments, type /x /e /ub /wl /dl %6 /dr %7 %1 %2
  • Click OK to accept

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