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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000141 | VisualDiffer | General | public | 2012-12-15 19:37 | 2013-01-27 11:24 |
| Reporter | vocaro | Assigned To | admin | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | major | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Product Version | 1.5 | ||||
| Fixed in Version | 1.5.1 | ||||
| Summary | 0000141: Cannot integrate with third-party apps. | ||||
| Description | I am unable to use VisualDiffer with SourceTree or "git difftool". | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | I created the link: sudo ln -s /Applications/VisualDiffer.app/Contents/Resources/visdiff /usr/bin/visdiff I also added the following to ~/.gitconfig: [difftool "VisualDiffer"] cmd = visdiff \"$LOCAL\" \"$PWD/$REMOTE\" When I run "git difftool --tool=VisualDiffer", I do not see the diffs. I only see VisualDiffer's file selection dialog. I also tried integrating with SourceTree 1.5.6 by going to Preferences > Diff, and then changing Visual Diff Tool to "Other" and setting Diff Command to "/usr/bin/visdiff". But when I click "External Diff", nothing happens. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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I know this problem, it's due to sandboxing mechanism The problem has been reported in bug http://bugs.visualdiffer.com/view.php?id=133 http://bugs.visualdiffer.com/view.php?id=134 The current workaround is described on the wiki page http://wiki.visualdiffer.com/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#visdiff_command_line_tool_no_longer_works Please apologize for inconvenient, I've a bug filed at Apple developer support team and I'm waiting a for solution |
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I have added the following trusted paths: /Users/trevor (this is my home directory) /private/var/folders But I still get the file selection dialog. How do I get the workaround to work? Thanks. |
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You need to download and use the visdiff present at this link http://bugs.visualdiffer.com/file_download.php?file_id=24&type=bug remove your symlink and recreate it pointing to the downloaded visdiff then it should work |
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Still does not work. Now instead of the file selection dialog I get: $ git difftool --tool=VisualDiffer /usr/local/git/libexec/git-core/mergetools/defaults: line 17: 54122 Killed: 9 visdiff "$LOCAL" "$PWD/$REMOTE" This is Git 1.7.11.3 |
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Please run visdiff from command line like (stay on directory when visdiff is copied) ./visdiff file1 file2 and see if it works If it doesn't work then run console.app and search any log message related to visualdiffer/visdiff and report here PS I use git version 1.7.10.2 (Apple Git-33) and on config I've the full path specified and it works [difftool "visdiff"] cmd = /opt/dave/visdiff \"$LOCAL\" \"$PWD/$REMOTE\" |
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I had installed the new visdiff incorrectly (it was being SIGKILLed for some reason). I can now get it to work from the command line for non-Git comparisons. However, it still fails when used with Git. When I do difftool, Git creates a file in /var/folders and runs the compare tool against it. Then, when visdiff runs, it says "Left file not accessible". I assume this is because /var/folders is not a trusted path. I have already tried adding /var/folders to Visual Differ's Trusted Paths list. But when I do so, the path appears in the list as "/private/var/folders", not "/var/folders". Any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks. |
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This is related to sandbox because /var is a symlink... BTW May you set your temp dir in some other location? I use export TMPDIR=/Users/dave/trash and git on my osx box uses it |
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Ugh... I suppose that would work but it's a pretty ugly workaround. Until a better solution comes along, I'm just going to use FileMerge or a diff utility purchased outside the App Store. Thanks for your help. |
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If you want I can send to you an alfa version with a fix I'm really sorry but the problem are the sandbox rules that are very complicated With the fix no workarounds are necessary |
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No thanks, if there's a fix in the pipeline I can wait. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-12-15 19:37 | vocaro | New Issue | |
| 2012-12-15 19:37 | vocaro | Status | new => assigned |
| 2012-12-15 19:37 | vocaro | Assigned To | => admin |
| 2012-12-15 19:41 | admin | Note Added: 0000195 | |
| 2012-12-15 19:54 | vocaro | Note Added: 0000196 | |
| 2012-12-15 19:58 | admin | Note Added: 0000197 | |
| 2012-12-15 20:34 | vocaro | Note Added: 0000198 | |
| 2012-12-16 08:42 | admin | Note Added: 0000199 | |
| 2012-12-17 16:10 | vocaro | Note Added: 0000200 | |
| 2012-12-17 16:29 | admin | Note Added: 0000201 | |
| 2012-12-18 16:22 | vocaro | Note Added: 0000202 | |
| 2012-12-18 17:14 | admin | Note Added: 0000203 | |
| 2012-12-18 17:14 | admin | Note Edited: 0000203 | |
| 2012-12-18 18:14 | vocaro | Note Added: 0000204 | |
| 2013-01-19 12:29 | admin | Status | assigned => resolved |
| 2013-01-19 12:29 | admin | Resolution | open => fixed |
| 2013-01-19 12:29 | admin | Fixed in Version | => 1.5.1 |
| 2013-01-27 11:24 | admin | Status | resolved => closed |
