KDiff3: "There is a line end style conflict"

Question

I am trying to use KDiff3 to solve conflicts on windows. But when run the merge I get:

KDiff3: "There is a line end style conflict"

And nothing is merged/solved:

Even though I selected DOS line ending before running the merge:

Any ideas?

It seems to work if I just save instead of pressing the Merge button. That could be a solution.

Iridescence

Why don't you accept the solution ? – Smithson

What you choose is about the result of Merge. Since a conflict occurs during Merge operation, first choosing a line ending and then running Merge practically resets your choice back to conflict. Run Merge, get a conflict, make your choice, and then save. – Snag

Answer 1

Here's a screenshot to walk you through the process that Matt Wilkie described in his answer.

1. Click in the C pane.
2. Choose an encoding other than 'conflict'
3. Save

Stymie

I found no need to do step 1. (kdiff3 Version 0.9.98 (64 bit)) – Donniedonnish

Ant note that in the newer version that feature works better! in 1.9.5 it solves conflict automatically! – Kakaaba

Answer 2

What worked for me:

• make the output pane active (click in it),
• manually choose both Encoding and Line end style drop down choices,
• save (Ctrl + S).

Without doing all three steps, I just kept getting the same error popup. Choosing Use A everwhere and/or related merge menu items had no effect.

Misogynist