From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E3611F6BF for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2016 16:34:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936148AbcIFQeV (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Sep 2016 12:34:21 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:64420 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935027AbcIFQeU (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Sep 2016 12:34:20 -0400 Received: from virtualbox ([37.24.141.250]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0M8leW-1bmmyj3f6i-00C9rw; Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:34:18 +0200 Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 18:34:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@virtualbox To: =?UTF-8?Q?Jaakko_P=C3=A4=C3=A4kk=C3=B6nen?= cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Windows Git will not start external diff at all In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; BOUNDARY="8323329-73213576-1473179657=:129229" X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:Nkb80wDmVpfKx2RuPOxaXTu+02ltoBkuG8MmE4rybbtazlZV/We IxExJkr4eQIL8hmfUn4KxxZ8I9eNUIIhK9/L/d1x523DUU8DyTufiCGNoEQiOKrKjf4PTVJ v6OwmsZrmfZI4JlU7LlERy2sKvqvzG2Smax361lOOSEAiG2OeipdAuE0GazyzkkFEQVtEHP LHIgp9guAJB/20qvbthFQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:gGFTv0Sq1/0=:vi00PvwzokQDYI2LKUHqrX dH1z4269rrsHbTR9jEzfQ5q9KviUIiTR/L/J6EfUYoeimcZ2ExB5qCWrbzNQ0tOUpafiM2y18 tCXag2AXkUUOJRL4dKkQ38L4m24opDwFJx297MT+3GOXgCt9pTUAnMR+yBgD9gCJy0rHqM1i+ tH+SNQDDzSIGVX2iG0OM+Y2ZnUJWgb1joD0Xe+hWLrsIF1oVUw+iLb/JuDD27z/Z3Ls0T8A/V EmciT4l6LehJNoCj8L2PklfywNoeA0X94T+hRz/0bHrPVaGSMKpaBhxTmHpWd8JKdpZqYHZ9N 7wDSNKgkgPRaanTaekIIX2zpfhtPXD+JlqJnO6Z8hpaOnXYoANbzGsr8Swu46aM8IfjW7gMfI E4hr4zSAhupVyDgtnDUYn0Bv2VYoH1nHpwmFjwMvXLNDXVM9Ki0y7RletmpLGcDdfeK1NvYlc xiZZC2J2w4wU8CoY0rO8UsmtEeBec7hl0Y9ABwO1/AHY/ivKYoQtvagqbofVLidMP14dc84Ps uHzOJcHJ7dKOOtvSXgCWfQUPlnihz91AoqH4d4nlDoBeXdIeUqjLcmhpKLhIR7DRhBKumIC33 Y73qPRXyVdPn3qGjNhIW1KS3I5jqOfBHwqxra0aQp7rzPmGpO9MZVh6iz+Xb3okw2jJhMC+7S usD7aGBcPqDbINNASjeZMCmvixZ65XfxDriLxZzVLijw7A8CloJgME3w0+p6jaBWuW9jNtGqp iNpTlBW7loTxFmpTYPz5lo0CGsLBG+Q/AOO+DfqgxUm9Gwiol+TwQ9EtwUFqqcesFKuN2GH1w QURymV6 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323329-73213576-1473179657=:129229 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Hi Jaakko, On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, Jaakko P=C3=A4=C3=A4kk=C3=B6nen wrote: > I am using beyond compare, but it does not really matter which one > because even I create a dummy script as a external diff program, it > will not get called ever. Only internal diff is started. Any chance you can come up with an MCVE [*1*] using a dummy script? >=20 > Re-installing git will not remove the problem. I am using the latest git >=20 > Any hints how I can debug git difftool? Sure. First hint: set GIT_TRACE=3D1. Next hint: difftool is a shell script, so you can modify it, say, by inserting a `set -x` which will trace the commands that are called. Ciao, Johannes Footnote *1*: http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve --8323329-73213576-1473179657=:129229--