Image comparision using external diff tool not possible?

[Adam Jones]

Hi all

I have external diff programs setup for all the available settings within TortoiseSVN and it works fine, except I have just discovered with images.   I ran the normal "Show changes" command from the log view window in the program on a png file and instead of opening it in the program I've specified, it opens it with the internal TortoiseIDiff program, which I don't want.

There seems no way of stopping TortoiseSVN from doing this, or am I wrong ?

[Stefan]

you have to specify the diff tool under "advanced" and for each file extension separately.

[Adam Jones]

Thanks for the reply.  This seems really illogical how this is presented currently.   I say that because the entries in the advanced area are not for all extension types that the software currently works with.  They seem to be just specific exceptions.  
What I mean is that txt, php etc are not listed there.     Tortoise correctly just understands it should use the external tool that I've specified in the main "Diff Viewer" settings screen.

However when it comes to images, these are also NOT listed in this advanced screen.   So as there is no special exception setup for them as default, why is the program handling them differently and not just blindly calling the external program I've specified like it does with a text file ?

[Stefan]

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 12:54:48 PM UTC+1 a...@adam-jones.net wrote:

Thanks for the reply.  This seems really illogical how this is presented currently.   I say that because the entries in the advanced area are not for all extension types that the software currently works with.  They seem to be just specific exceptions.  

you can add your own extensions there.

https://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-settings.html#tsvn-dug-settings-progs