In order to configure Visual Studio to use Beyond Compare for a compare operation choose the following options:
1. Select: Tools –> Options –> Expand Source Control –> Choose “Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.
2. Select: “Configure User Tools.”
3. Click the “Add” button.
4. Enter “.*” in the “Extension” edit box.
5. Choose “Compare” in the “Operation” combo box.
6. Enter the path to BComp.exe in the “Command” edit box.
7. Enter the command line parameters from the table below.
To configure TFS to use Beyond Compare for a merge operation follow the same steps above but choose “Merge” for the operation instead and provide the
correct merge command line in the table below the compare table.
*Remember: Beyond Compare 3 Pro supports 3 way merging and the standard edition of it does not. Also 3 way merging is new to Beyond Compare as of version
3, so this feature is not present in version 2 of the product.
To summarize the following command line parameters are ones I’ve found to be of the most use:
Compare
Product Command Arguments
TFS (Default) diffmerge.exe %1 %2 %6 %7 %5 /ignorespace
Beyond Compare 2 BComp.exe %1 %2 /title1=%6 /title2=%7
Merge
Product Command Arguments
TFS (Default) diffmerge.exe /merge %1 %2 %3 %4 %6 %7
Beyond Compare 2 BComp.exe %1 %2 /title1=%6 /title2=%7
Beyond Compare 3 (Standard – no 3-way Merge) BComp.exe %1 %2 /savetarget=%4 /title1=%6 /title2=%7
Beyond Compare 3
(Pro / 3-way merge)