TortoiseGit Manual

TortoiseGitIDiff Commands

The image diff tool has a few command line options which you can use to control how the tool is started. The program is called TortoiseGitIDiff.exe.

The table below lists all the options which can be passed to the image diff tool on the command line.

Table D.2. List of available options

OptionDescription
:leftPath to the file shown on the left.
:lefttitleA title string. This string is used in the image view title instead of the full path to the image file.
:rightPath to the file shown on the right.
:righttitleA title string. This string is used in the image view title instead of the full path to the image file.
:overlayIf specified, the image diff tool switches to the overlay mode (alpha blend).
:fitIf specified, the image diff tool fits both images together.
:showinfoShows the image info box.


Example (which should be entered on one line):

TortoiseGitIDiff.exe /left:"c:\images\img1.jpg" /lefttitle:"image 1"
                  /right:"c:\images\img2.jpg" /righttitle:"image 2"
                  /fit /overlay