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

InstallingMeld

After installing it http://sourceforge.net/projects/meld-installer/
I had to tell git where it was:
git config --global merge.tool meld
git config --global diff.tool meld
git config --global mergetool.meld.path “C:\Program Files (x86)\Meld\meld\meld.exe”

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

Windows Help:
if someone is having errors on git bash like "bad line in .gitconfig" just make a small change in your .gitconfig file, go to C:\Users\YourComputerUserName\.gitconfig

and change the lines below
from:

[mergetool "meld"]
path = “C:\Program Files (x86)\Meld\meld\meld.exe”

to:

[mergetool "meld"]
	cmd = '\"/c/Program Files (x86)/Meld/meld/meld.exe\" $PWD/$LOCAL $PWD/$BASE $PWD/$REMOTE --output=$PWD/$MERGED'

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If you are using git bash under Windows, the git config sentence fails.
I don't know how to reference directory "Program Files (x86)" properly from git bash and make it work (it has spaces, parenthesis, you name it), so I neded up re-installing meld to a more linux-friendly path like "c:\Meld" and doing a:

git config --global mergetool.meld.path '/c/Meld/meld/meld.exe

Try single quotes instead of double quotes. Seemed to work for me.

Hi guys,

The website says that this is no longer supported due to the new builds having their own installers.
On the other side, support for windows installers in latest versions is dropped.

Can somebody confirm that this will work for the latest stable windows build?
Also, will this create a shell entry on right click, or do I need to follow some custom way?

Appreciate any help! : )

UPDATE: For any people in the future, I decided to go down a path that seemed simpler for me, and will also be easier to include updates with. I've downloaded and extracted the source code, and I have installed Python 3.4 (isn't compatible with my 3.6 version), and PyObject as suggested from the website. I've then made a batch script, and added it to my right-click mouse menu.

So rather than installing, I am running it from the source files. Updating will be as easy as replacing the source files folder and updating the script. Hope it helps some people. Cheers

I posted an updated version at https://gist.github.com/TomyLobo/c7e088b2ed26ea40cd6734d7b5f5a577

This worked. Although the directory structure has changed so pay attention to the path. Thanks a lot!

Thanks for the info!

Currently Meld is by default installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Meld\Meld.exe so you may set it like this:

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

I am having trouble setting this up. My errors look exactly like https://stackoverflow.com/q/58100654/2988730. It appears that GTK is not getting picked up for some reason.

thank you. This save me

I added this to my path (env variable):

C:\Program Files (x86)\Meld

That way I can share my git config between windows and ubuntu (dont need to set mergetool.meld.path)

Thank you!!!