Beyond Compare Cookbook

Installs BeyondCompare and optionally configures Beyond Compare as your diff tool and merge tool for git.

Requirements

Windows

Usage

Include the beyondcompare::default recipe in your run list.

Attributes

Optional

• ['beyondcompare']['version'] - The version of BC to install, defaults to '4.2.9'. If you change this you should also change the package_name and checksum attributes.
• ['beyondcompare']['package_name'] - The package name as displayed in Add/Remove programs. Defaults to 'Beyond Compare 4.2.9'.
• ['beyondcompare']['checksum'] - The installer SHA256 checksum.

Recipes

default

Installs BeyondCompare from Scooter Software and configures git to use Beyond Compare as the diff and merge tool.

install

Installs BeyondCompare from Scooter Software

gitconfig

If you have git installed, this recipe configures git to use BeyondCompare is the diff and merge tool.

Author

Author:: Shawn Neal