Running NotePad++ from Command line with Compare Plugin showing compare result

Question

I am trying to find a way to call notepad++ from command line with compare plugin showing the compare result providing I pass 2 files name which I want to compare.

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Answer 1

There's a tool called NppCompareLoader doing exactly what you want. Simply drop it in the N++ installation folder. I'm using it since many years as a diff viewer for TortoiseSVN and TortoiseGit, thus you should certainly be able to call it right from command line.

/EDIT

Since the (unofficial) Compare-plug-in version 1.5.6.6 the additional loader mentioned above isn't required anymore. There's already one included in the plug-in. Here's the regarding change-log fragment:

• NEW: Loader for using N++ as an external diff viewer (e.g. in TortoiseSVN, TortoiseGit, ..)