beyondcompare (15) Versions 2.1.0 Follow1

Provides beyondcompare_package and beyondcompare_git_config resources for Beyond Compare on Windows

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beyondcompare Cookbook

The beyondcompare cookbook is a Windows-only custom-resource cookbook for installing Beyond Compare and wiring Git for Windows to use it as the diff and merge tool.

Requirements

Windows
Chef 15.3+

Resources

beyondcompare_package

Installs or removes Beyond Compare from Scooter Software.

beyondcompare_package 'default'

beyondcompare_git_config

Configures Git for Windows to use Beyond Compare.

beyondcompare_git_config 'default'

Default workflow

beyondcompare_package 'default'

beyondcompare_git_config 'default'

Resource Documentation

[beyondcompare_package](documentation/beyondcompare_package.md)
[beyondcompare_git_config](documentation/beyondcompare_git_config.md)
[migration guide](migration.md)

Notes

The cookbook defaults to Beyond Compare 4.4.7.28397, the latest supported Beyond Compare 4 release published by Scooter Software as of April 21, 2026.
Git integration is safe when Git for Windows is absent: beyondcompare_git_config does not run its git config commands unless git.exe exists.
Vendor support and installer limitations are documented in [LIMITATIONS.md](LIMITATIONS.md).

Dependent cookbooks

This cookbook has no specified dependencies.

Contingent cookbooks

There are no cookbooks that are contingent upon this one.

CHANGELOG for beyondcompare

This file is used to list changes made in each version of beyondcompare.

3.0.0 (2026-04-22)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

migrate to custom resources (#46)
recipes/ and attributes/ have been removed. Replace recipe inclusion with direct use of beyondcompare_package and beyondcompare_git_config resources.

Features

migrate to custom resources (#46) (cfb9063)
normalize scaffolding across all windowschefcookbooks repos (8a6e208)

Bug Fixes

app pkg 4.1.9 is defunct, use 4.2.4 instead (aa7f4f2)
ci: Update workflows to use release pipeline (#33) (f587d45)
output encoding 'handle is invalid' error in build script (5bdfd4b)
output encoding 'handle is invalid' error in build script (c66452e)
use fork of 'minitest-handler' compatible with chef 13 (b5718df)
version of beyond compare to match in install spec (0575a10)

Code Refactoring

migrate cookbook to custom resources (cfb9063)

2.1.0 (2025-10-15)

Features

normalize scaffolding across all windowschefcookbooks repos (8a6e208)

Bug Fixes

app pkg 4.1.9 is defunct, use 4.2.4 instead (aa7f4f2)
ci: Update workflows to use release pipeline (#33) (f587d45)
output encoding 'handle is invalid' error in build script (5bdfd4b)
output encoding 'handle is invalid' error in build script (c66452e)
use fork of 'minitest-handler' compatible with chef 13 (b5718df)
version of beyond compare to match in install spec (0575a10)

2.0.9 - 2024-05-06

Update metadata
Update standard files

2.0.7 - 2023-03-02

Fix yaml

2.0.6 - 2023-03-01

Remove mdl

2.0.5 - 2023-02-13

Remove delivery folder

2.0.4 - 2021-08-17

Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

2.0.3 - 2021-06-01

Various Cookstyle fixes

2.0.2

Upgrade BeyondCompare to 4.2.9

2.0.1

Upgrade BeyondCompare to 4.2.7

2.0.0

Support Chef 13, drop support for Chef 12.
Upgrade to Beyond Compare 4.2.4.
Standardize testing environment across repos. (AppVeyor, Kitchen, Rake, etc.)
Upgrade development dependencies.

1.0.0

SuperMarket release for BeyondCompare 4.1.9

0.0.1

Initial SuperMarket release for BeyondCompare 3.3.10

Collaborator Number Metric

2.1.0 passed this metric

Contributing File Metric

2.1.0 failed this metric

Failure: To pass this metric, your cookbook metadata must include a source url, the source url must be in the form of https://github.com/user/repo, and your repo must contain a CONTRIBUTING.md file

Cookstyle Metric

2.1.0 passed this metric

No Binaries Metric

2.1.0 passed this metric

Testing File Metric

2.1.0 failed this metric

Failure: To pass this metric, your cookbook metadata must include a source url, the source url must be in the form of https://github.com/user/repo, and your repo must contain a TESTING.md file

Version Tag Metric

2.1.0 failed this metric

Failure: To pass this metric, your cookbook metadata must include a source url, the source url must be in the form of https://github.com/user/repo, and your repo must include a tag that matches this cookbook version number

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beyondcompare (15) Versions 2.1.0 2.1.0 2.0.11 2.0.10 2.0.9 2.0.8 2.0.7 2.0.6 2.0.5 2.0.4 2.0.3 2.0.2 2.0.1 2.0.0 1.0.0 0.0.1 Follow1

beyondcompare Cookbook

Requirements

Resources

beyondcompare_package

beyondcompare_git_config

Default workflow

Resource Documentation

Notes

Dependent cookbooks

Contingent cookbooks

CHANGELOG for beyondcompare

3.0.0 (2026-04-22)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

Features

Bug Fixes

Code Refactoring

2.1.0 (2025-10-15)

Features

Bug Fixes

2.0.9 - 2024-05-06

2.0.7 - 2023-03-02

2.0.6 - 2023-03-01

2.0.5 - 2023-02-13

2.0.4 - 2021-08-17

2.0.3 - 2021-06-01

2.0.2

2.0.1

2.0.0

1.0.0

0.0.1

Collaborator Number Metric 2.1.0 passed this metric

Contributing File Metric 2.1.0 failed this metric Failure: To pass this metric, your cookbook metadata must include a source url, the source url must be in the form of https://github.com/user/repo, and your repo must contain a CONTRIBUTING.md file

Cookstyle Metric 2.1.0 passed this metric

No Binaries Metric 2.1.0 passed this metric

Testing File Metric 2.1.0 failed this metric Failure: To pass this metric, your cookbook metadata must include a source url, the source url must be in the form of https://github.com/user/repo, and your repo must contain a TESTING.md file

Version Tag Metric 2.1.0 failed this metric Failure: To pass this metric, your cookbook metadata must include a source url, the source url must be in the form of https://github.com/user/repo, and your repo must include a tag that matches this cookbook version number

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beyondcompare (15) Versions 2.1.0 Follow1

Collaborator Number Metric

2.1.0 passed this metric

Contributing File Metric

2.1.0 failed this metric

Failure: To pass this metric, your cookbook metadata must include a source url, the source url must be in the form of https://github.com/user/repo, and your repo must contain a CONTRIBUTING.md file

Cookstyle Metric

2.1.0 passed this metric

No Binaries Metric

2.1.0 passed this metric

Testing File Metric

2.1.0 failed this metric

Failure: To pass this metric, your cookbook metadata must include a source url, the source url must be in the form of https://github.com/user/repo, and your repo must contain a TESTING.md file

Version Tag Metric

2.1.0 failed this metric

Failure: To pass this metric, your cookbook metadata must include a source url, the source url must be in the form of https://github.com/user/repo, and your repo must include a tag that matches this cookbook version number