title: Using Beyond Compare inside Eclipse for Merging in Subversion
body: <p>I would like to use Beyond Compare inside Eclipse. The problem at hand is, that the native diff and merge tool does not allow to customize the diff enough, so there are too much differences. Beyond Compare has the right customization for that, but I could not integrate the tool. I have tried the following:</p>
  
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  <li>Use the Eclipse Plugin <a href="http://beyondcvs.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://beyondcvs.sourceforge.net/</a> But I could not configure Subversive inside Eclipse to use that plugin, and the plugin does not integrate itself into the merge action of Subversive.</li>
  <li>Tried to integrate Beyond Compare as the diff viewer (see Eclipse Window > Preferences > Team > SVN > Diff Viewer). When doing then a synchronize, the diff viewer I configured was not used at all. I followed the information found at <a href="http://www.scootersoftware.com/download.php?c=kb_vcs" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.scootersoftware.com/download.php?c=kb_vcs</a> under the point "tortoisesvn" and changed the syntax as needed by the Subversive plugin.</li>
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  <p>Has anyone succeeded in integrating Beyond Compare  in Eclipse for Subversion? I have found the similar question <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3004729/how-to-configure-beyond-compare-3-for-eclipse-conflict-resolution">How to configure Beyond Compare 3 for Eclipse conflict resolution?</a>, but it did not work for me (perhaps the difference between Subversive and Subclipse?).</p>
  
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  <p>Addition:
  I followed the steps of @Tom Clift (thank's a lot), and the diff is now working, the merge was a little bit more difficult. I have done the following steps to final success:</p>
  
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  <li>Configured as documented by the answer.</li>
  <li>Changed something on a branch and commited that.</li>
  <li>Switched to the trunk.</li>
  <li>Started there the merge operation: <code>Team &gt; Merge... &gt; Tab URL &gt; URL Field: &lt;branch URL&gt; and Radio button "Start from copy"</code></li>
  <li>When pressing <code>Ok</code>, a dialog pops up that ask if it is ok to open the "Synchronize View".</li>
  <li>The synchronize perspecitve shows all changes, and when I select one, there is a menu entry "Open in external compare editor" that opens Beyond Compare.</li>
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