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How to install Meld on Windows and getting it set up with Git
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InstallingMeld.md

After installing it https://download.gnome.org/binaries/win32/meld/ I had to tell Git to use Meld:

git config --global merge.tool meld
git config --global diff.tool meld

The last command tells Git where it can find Meld and depends on whether you are using Cygwin or Git for Windows:

Git for Windows:

git config --global mergetool.meld.path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Meld\Meld.exe'

Cygwin:

git config --global mergetool.meld.path '/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Meld/Meld.exe'

And that seems to work. Both merging and diffing with "git difftool" or "git mergetool"

Based on https://gist.github.com/kjlubick/5a49a3ae5f39ae359997

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nawfalhasan commented Jan 1, 2018 •
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Is there a 64 bit version of meld for Windows?

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Will this would for people who use Git through WSL on Windows 10?

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Will this would for people who use Git through WSL on Windows 10?

set up an xserver on windows
set up .bashrc to export the display to the windows xserver
install meld in the WSL

Then the Linux meld UI should be able to open up

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