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Turn off Diff / Preview pane?

Turn off Diff / Preview pane?

I've got a single file that is problematic - slows down SourceTree considerably while it diffs a large text file. I asked whether there was any way to turn off diff on a single file, but frankly at this point I'd be happy to just turn off the diff pane completely.

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Aaron

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Use the "Ignore File Patterns" box in the "Diff" preference pane.

Steve

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Gaah! So obvious!! Thank you.

One more note, for anyone who stumbles on this later - you need to add the file type (ex: "*.ai"), and then RESTART SOURCE TREE for it to take effect.

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I am using version 1.6.14, and I also cannot find anything about ignore patterns in Tools -> Options -> Diff. How did you access the "Diff preference"?

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Sorry, I'm on Sourcetree Mac and don't know the Windows equivalent.

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Bit of a shame this features doesn't seem to exist in the Windows version.

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I'm using Windows 8.1 with SourceTree 1.6.13, and I can't find how to do it. I'm looking for "Ignore File Patterns" box in the "Diff" preference pane, but this doesn't appear in Tools > Options > Diff.

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Max File Count 0 to disable

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Hi

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