#Portable diffmerge how to#

Lines only present in one file are blank lines in opposing file. The one thing I don’t particularly like is how file comparison creates too much whitespace. There are plenty of plugins and filters features (with regular expressions support) to pick:Īpp also has extensive command line interface and integrates with everything from Windows Explorer to SVN tools. Strong featuresĪside for core comparing function (which is not that hard to implement) WinMerge goes extra mile to allow to customize and tweak how comparisons work.

Interface is multi-windowed and can hold multiple comparisons (file or folder either) at the same time. It is bit of file manager and sync tool, bit of text editor and a lot of text comparison. What it doesīasically app compares files or directories to precisely find differences and allow you to work with those conveniently. I wanted to recommend something free, light and convenient (instead of heavier stuff I use generally) and remembered WinMerge. One of those tasks you can’t expect human to do reliably (browsing several hundreds of files and thousand of lines – yeaaaah), but computers are wickedly good at.

#Portable diffmerge how to#

I have been hanging out in Theme Hybrid forums lately (it is research for new theme, not having fun solving obscure code puzzles, honestly! :) One of recent inquiries was how to determine if files were modified and what was changed.