Merging GIT files

[Dan Ryan]

I am having problems performing mysysgit merges using beyond compare. I have followed the instructions on the website for configuring git to use BC as a merge tool. When I run the tool it says "Error Opening File" in both the top middle (base) window and the bottom (output) window. If I look on the file system there is a .BACKUP a .LOCAL and a .REMOTE file. There is no base file. If I open the bottom file (which fails to open in BC) in notepad then it is like the original file but with the >>>>>> markers. I suspect that the configuration instructions were based on a older version of GIT? Can somebody please help me configure the mergetool correctly?