[p4] Using 3rd party diff tool with P4 paths (instead of temporary files)

[P4Shimada]

Posted on behalf of forum user 'P4Shimada'.

Hi AlexB,

Yes.��Have you seen our article on how to use a 3rd party merge tool
with P4V?

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http://answers.perforce.com/articles/KB_Article/Third-Party-Merge-Tools

REFERENCES

http://answers.perforce.com/articles/KB_Article/Command-line-P4Merge-on-Mac-OS-X



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[AlexB]

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Thank you for the answer, P4Shimada.

Yes, I know how to specify 3rd party diff/merge tool with Perforce clients.

However, when diff is requested, then these tools will be launched with
temporary files as command line parameters. My question is: whether is it
possible to launch these tools with actual repo paths ?

Araxis Merge is a good example. It has native P4 support
[http://www.araxis.com/merge/documentation-windows/plugin-perforce.en] , so I
can specify P4 repo paths directly in the diff program. As a bonus I can select
different revisions of the same file without leaving the diff window.

I was wondering if it's possible to configure P4V, so it calls 3rd party
diff tool with actual repo paths.

Thanks
Alex



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