Git For Mac High Sierra

Git 2.20.1 is super slow on macOS Mojave on my work Mac. Issues on an 2011 iMac on High Sierra after Homebrew upgraded git.

Meld for OSX

This is a fork of Meld packaged and bundled for OSX. The original website for Meld is here http://meldmerge.org. Minor work has been done to also integrate OSX menu and shortcuts, but the app is truly the original, excellent Meld.

Download OSX dmg file

You may download any of the following versions. The 3.21.0 (r2) is the latest and the recommended version at this point.

• Version 3.21.0 (r2) Latest (Catalina & Mojave)
• Version 3.19.2 (r5) (Mojave & High Sierra)
• Version 3.19.2 (r3) (Mojave & High Sierra)
• Version 3.19.0 (r1) (Previous stable version - High Sierra)
• Version 3.16.0 (r1) (Not for High Sierra)
• Version 3.15.4 (r2) (Not for High Sierra)
• Version 3.15.2 (r2) (Not for High Sierra)
• Version 3.13.4 (Not for High Sierra)
• Version 1.8 (Not for High Sierra)

Tip: A lot of people are asking how to use this package as a git difftool/mergetool.Once installed, edit your ~/.gitconfig and add the following lines

Tip:Meld OSX also understands/checks for the following environment variables.

The theme change can be done by changing the variable in the wrapper script

find the part that says

and change it to

and you'll have a fully dark meld.

Why Meld for Mac/OSX and not Macports/Homebrew

Top reasons behind using this fork over Macports or Homebrew builds:

• Retina support (check the screenshot!)
• Latest 3.x series
• No hassle install (drag/drop like any other app)
• Integrates with OSX menu
• Supports standard OSX shortcuts (cmd-c/cmd-v instead of ctrl) (Merged to upstream)
• Note: Homebrew now installs Meld for OSX

Screenshot

Special Thanks

• To Kai Willadsen http://meldmerge.org/ for creating Meld.
• To the Gnome project https://www.gnome.org/
• To Alex Kras whose web page (How To Run Meld on Mac OS X Yosemite Without Homebrew, MacPorts, or Think) served as my reference for tracking Meld for OSX usage and issues when I had absolutely no time to maintain this.

TODO

• Get rid of the Meld wrapper shell script (this should get rid of all the wrappers needed to run Meld from the terminal)
• Support Meld localizations (currently only English works)

Suggestions / Issues

If you have a suggestion or you are facing an issue running this Meld fork, please open an issue here https://github.com/yousseb/meld/issues. Please note that your issue has to be specific to the OSX fork and not to Meld itself. I have no plans/time to work on Meld itself.

Contribute to Meld for OSX

1. Head to https://github.com/yousseb/meld
2. Fork the repository and clone your fork locally.
3. Follow the build instructions in https://github.com/yousseb/meld/blob/master/osx/README.md to generate your own dmg.
4. Do your magic, commit and push to your fork.
5. Create a pull request.

Not Accepting Donations

I'm not currently accepting donations for the development of this fork. I just missed a proper implementation of Meld on Mac so I thought of creating this fork. If you want to donate, please donate to the original Meld project.

The following is copied from the original Meld page http://meldmerge.org/. Please visit the original project website for more info. For the full help manual, please visit http://meldmerge.org/help/.

What is Meld?

Meld is a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers. Meld helps you compare files, directories, and version controlled projects. It provides two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories, and has support for many popular version control systems.

Meld helps you review code changes and understand patches. It might even help you to figure out what is going on in that merge you keep avoiding.

Features

• Two- and three-way comparison of files and directories
• File comparisons update as you type
• Auto-merge mode and actions on change blocks help make merges easier
• Visualisations make it easier to compare your files
• Supports Git, Bazaar, Mercurial, Subversion, etc.
• xE2x80地nd more

Meld is licensed under the GPL v2, except as noted

In depth features

File comparison

• Edit files in-place, and your comparison updates on-the-fly
• Perform two- and three-way diffs and merges
• Easily navigate between differences and conflicts
• Visualise global and local differences with insertions, changes and conflicts marked
• Use the built-in regex text filtering to ignore uninteresting differences
• Syntax highlighting

Directory comparison

• Compare two or three directories file-by-file, showing new, missing, and altered files
• Directly open file comparisons of any conflicting or differing files
• Filter out files or directories to avoid seeing spurious differences
• Simple file management is also available

Version control

• Meld supports many version control systems, including Git, Mercurial, Bazaar and SVN
• Launch file comparisons to check what changes were made, before you commit
• View file versioning statuses
• Simple version control actions are also available (i.e., commit/update/add/remove/delete files)

Merge mode (in development)

• Automatically merge two files using a common ancestor
• Mark and display the base version of all conflicting changes in the middle pane
• Visualise and merge independent modifications of the same file
• Lock down read-only merge bases to avoid mistakes
• Command line interface for easy integration with existing tools, including git mergetool

In this article, we will build macOS virtual machine on Oracle VM VBox software in Windows 10 operating system.

How to Setup macOS 10.13.6 on VirtualBox 6.0.8 in Windows 10

Apple has released Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.6 update for Mac users.

Mac users can update their computers by downloading the 10.13.6 update from the Apple Store. For more information about the update, visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208864.

Download the WinTV-HVR-900H driver update. Unzip this file to a directory you will remember, such as WINTV. It will create a new folder. To install, open the folder. Run HCWDRIVERINSTALL.EXE. This will install the WinTV-HVR base driver. At the completion of the driver install you should see a message which says Drivers have been updated successfully. To install the latest Windows driver only: Leave your WinTV-HVR-900 plugged into your PC. Follow the following steps: Download the WinTV-HVR-900 driver update. Unzip this file to a directory you will remember, such as WINTV. It will create a new folder. To install, open the folder. Run HCWDRIVERINSTALL.EXE. This will install the WinTV-HVR base driver. Wintv hvr 900 drivers for mac. Download Hauppauge WinTV HVR-900 Series Driver 5.7.0129.25085 (TV Tuner / Capture Card).

In this article, we will install macOS on Windows 10 using the Oracle VM VirtualBox program without the need for a Mac computer.

In our previous articles, we installed High Sierra with Oracle and VMware software.

You can also install the Mac OS Mojave operating system, which is the 10.14 Beta version of the macOS operating system, on the desktop or laptop computer with both VMware and VMware ESXi.

NOTE: You can also install a Mac operating system on your computer using the Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.0.8 version.

First, install VirtualBox on Windows 10 and then follow the steps below to install macOS step by step.

Step 1 Download High Sierra Image

You can use different setup files to setup a macOS VM on VirtualBox or VMware. In our previous article, we prepared and released the macOS 10.13.6 ISO file for you.

Please note that this setup image file requires a computer with an Intel processor!

To download the Mac OS 10.13.6 image to your computer, click on the image below to see the related article.

Step 2 How to Create a New Virtual Machine for High Sierra 10.13.6 on VBox

After building VBox, you need to create a new VM. When creating a new virtual machine, you need to configure 2 processors and minimum 4 GB RAM size for the VM.

We use VMware Unlocker to run macOS system on VMware. On VBox, you only need to run the necessary code for the VM.

To create a virtual machine on VBox, click on the image below to see the related article.

Step 3 How to Setup macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Step by Step

After setting up a new VM on VirtualBox, add the ISO file you downloaded to the virtual machine.

Then, click on the image below for the step-by-step installation of High Sierra 10.13.6 with VBox.

The Mac OS 10.13.6 installation steps are exactly the same as the Mac OS 10.13.4 setup!

Step 4 How to Change Screen Resolution in Mac VM

After setting High Sierra 10.13.6 with VBox on Windows 10, the only thing remaining is to configure the screen resolution.

To change screen resolution you first need to turn off the VM. Then click on the image below to change the screen resolution.

Final Word

In this article, we have installed macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 with the Oracle VM software on the Windows 10 operating system without the need for a Apple computer. Thanks for following us!

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