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How to Install NDMerge

NDMerge is automatically installed in the Next Design installation folder when Next Design is installed.
If you want to use NDMerge without installing Next Design, please install it using the following procedure.

Installation Procedure​

  1. Download the NDMerge file set (zip file) from the support site below.

https://www.nextdesign.app/support/auth/downloads/#ndmerge

Note

After downloading the zip file, please remove the security protection as follows before extracting the files.
(1) Right-click the zip file and select [Properties]. (2) Read the explanation for [Security] at the bottom of the [General] tab, check the [Allow] checkbox on the right, and click the [OK] button.

  1. Extract the zip file to your desired installation folder.

  2. Launch Terminal and navigate to the installation folder.

  3. Execute the following command:

    .\ndmerge git-setup install

For details on this command, please refer to here.

  1. Note that .NET 10.0 must be installed to run this program.

Post-Installation Verification​

  • Executing the setup command for NDMerge configures the gitconfig for the global environment (per OS login user).

  • You can verify the configured settings by running the following command in the installation folder:

./ndmerge git-setup list

  • If the merge.NDMerge.driver item is added to the configuration, it is configured correctly.

  • Example of execution on Windows

> ./ndmerge git-setup list
exec: git config merge.NDMerge.name
nd diff merge application
exec: git config merge.NDMerge.driver
'[Absolute path for each user environment]/ndmerge.exe' merge -o %A -t %B -b %O -m %A -p %P -l warn
Note
  • If the path set in gitconfig and the location of the storage folder are different, NDMerge will not work.
    If you move the storage folder, run the setup command again to update the gitconfig settings.

Update Procedure​

If NDMerge is already installed, follow these steps to update to the new version of NDMerge.

  1. Download the complete set of NDMerge files (zip file) for the new version from the support site below.

https://www.nextdesign.app/support/auth/downloads/#ndmerge

Note

After downloading the zip file, remove the security protection as follows before extracting the files.
(1) Right-click the zip file and select [Properties].
(2) Read the explanation of [Security] displayed at the bottom of the [General] tab, check the [Allow] checkbox on the right, and click the [OK] button.

  1. Delete all existing files in the installation folder.
  2. Extract the new version's zip file to the installation folder.
  3. Launch Terminal and navigate to the installation folder.
  4. Run the following command to confirm that you have updated to the new version.
.\ndmerge --version

Uninstallation Procedure​

  1. Open a terminal and navigate to the NDMerge installation folder.

  2. Execute the following command:

./ndmerge git-setup uninstall
  1. Delete all files in the installation folder.
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