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sébastien etter (21687) | asked Apr 14 '08, 3:47 a.m.
I want to extend diff/merge Jazz SCM capabilities for a given file extension.

I had a conflit with a binary file and Jazz asked me to choose a merger tool in a list, how can i add my own merge tool ?

Thanks in advance.

Sbastien Etter
Alcatel-Lucent, R&D Effectiveness

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Jean-Michel Lemieux (2.5k11) | answered Apr 14 '08, 9:50 a.m.
JAZZ DEVELOPER
There are two parts to adding a diff/merge tool to Jazz. The first is to add a visual diff and the other a headless merge.

In Jazz we use the Eclipse compare framework, there is doc available at:

http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/overview-summary.html

Take a look at the Compare APIs and the Compare examples.

Jean-Michel Lemieux
Jazz Source Control Team

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David Lafreniere (4.8k7) | answered Oct 06 '09, 8:26 p.m.
FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER
I want to extend diff/merge Jazz SCM capabilities for a given file extension.

I had a conflit with a binary file and Jazz asked me to choose a merger tool in a list, how can i add my own merge tool ?

Thanks in advance.

Sbastien Etter
Alcatel-Lucent, R&D Effectiveness


Rational Team Concert 2.0.0.1 now supports custom external diff/merge tools. You can now use your favorite external compare tool. Go to the preferences page under Team > Jazz Source Control > External Compare Tools. You can choose from the predefined list of third party compare tools such as Scooter Software's Beyond Compare or you can specify your own custom setup.

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