Friday, April 24, 2020

Notepad++ installing compare plugin

Follow the below steps to install the compare plugin for Notepad++ version 7.7 (64 bit) and above.

1) Download the compare plugin from this GitHub link


 2) Extract the files and place them under the note++ --> plugins --> ComparePlugin folder
Make sure that all the dll's are in the comparePlugin folder as shown below.
 3) Re-launch notepad++ and click on plugins
You should see the "Compare" option as shown below

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Failed to write credentials for 'your git repo URL' to secure store No password provided.

When using Eclipse 4.14 with eGit plugin if you get the below error message
"Failed to write credentials for 'your git repo URL' to secure store No password provided." 
as a work around, you can follow the steps in the below image to fix the issue

navigate to Window > Preferences > Secure storage and uncheck"windows integration" and click apply and save.
Keep the "UI prompt" checked