Meld 3.16.0 requires a "=" in the --output argument, as it uses a simple hand-rolled command-line parser. Newer versions of Meld (3.16.4, and possibly earlier) use optparse, which accepts either "--output <file>" or "--output=<file>". Use "--output=<file>" for better compatibility. Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes since v1: Fixed an "optpaarse" -> "optparse" typo in the commit message. This patch is otherwise identical to v1. mergetools/meld | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mergetools/meld b/mergetools/meld index bc178e8882..7a08470f88 100644 --- a/mergetools/meld +++ b/mergetools/meld @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ merge_cmd () { if test "$meld_has_output_option" = true then - "$merge_tool_path" --output "$MERGED" \ + "$merge_tool_path" --output="$MERGED" \ "$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$REMOTE" else "$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE" -- 2.13.1.453.gc0395165f3