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which diff tool do you use?

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  • S Southmountain

    is there any good diff tool to recommend?

    diligent hands rule....

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    CPallini
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    diff :-)

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    • R RickZeeland

      Maybe one of these best-folder-file-compare-diff-tools-for-either-osx-linux-or-windows[^]

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      Southmountain
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      I used KDidff old version.

      diligent hands rule....

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      • S Southmountain

        is there any good diff tool to recommend?

        diligent hands rule....

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        Chris Maunder
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        [winmerge](https://winmerge.org/)

        cheers Chris Maunder

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        • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

          I've used Windiff and was fairly happy with it. You can find free downloads online. Now that GitHub is integrated with Visual Studio, I just use that to look at diffs. If I had to diff something that wasn't in my repository, I'd probably add the first version of it to the repository, stage it, then add the second version, look at the diff, and later remove them from the repository. Or use Windiff.

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          WinDiff is my simple favorite. It's quick & easy to use for comparing two files but if you have two directories to compare it is even better. Its a little odd if you've never used it, but once you use it a couple of times it is the leader for simplicity. I couldn't believe when they removed it & didn't make it available any more. In my mind they removed it, but didn't provide any replacement. Just kind of nutty. I went back to an older machine & saved off the windiff64.exe & windiff.exe so I'd always have them on my dev machines.

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          • D DRHuff

            Meld. Used it for years on Linux. Haven’t done a diff in windows for 20 years or so. There might be something better on that side of the fence.

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            Peter_in_2780
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            Meld is my weapon of choice too.

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            • S Southmountain

              is there any good diff tool to recommend?

              diligent hands rule....

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              Beyond Compare for me is great

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              • S Southmountain

                is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                diligent hands rule....

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                Joan M
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                WinMerge works very well, it's simple free and fast.

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                • S Southmountain

                  is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                  diligent hands rule....

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                  Nelek
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                  Free Tool I use WinMerge and it is pretty good and enough for most use cases Paid Tool I use BeyondCompare 4 and it is the best I have seen so far

                  M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                    Beyond Compare for me is great

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                    Southmountain
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                    what is its unique feature? I would like give it a try...

                    diligent hands rule....

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                      Beyond Compare for me is great

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                      Nelek
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                      For once I agree with you. ;P But you forgot to say that it is a paid product :)

                      M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                      • N Nelek

                        Free Tool I use WinMerge and it is pretty good and enough for most use cases Paid Tool I use BeyondCompare 4 and it is the best I have seen so far

                        M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                        Southmountain
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                        I use WinMerge too, but now I try to find something new...

                        diligent hands rule....

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                          For once I agree with you. ;P But you forgot to say that it is a paid product :)

                          M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                          0x01AA
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                          ;) Yes it is a paid product but trial version is also availabe.

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                          • S Southmountain

                            what is its unique feature? I would like give it a try...

                            diligent hands rule....

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                            0x01AA
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                            Like Nelek mentioned, it is a paid product, but a trial version is available. Unique at least for me: Syntax (language) recognition. Sorry for my English, I don't know how to explain it :( @Nelek most probably you can explain it ;) I only can say it is worth the money, at least for me. [Edit] It is not only a diff tool, it is especially a kind of a merge tool

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                            • S Southmountain

                              is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                              diligent hands rule....

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                              Andreas Mertens
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                              I used to like the one that came with subversion...

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                              • S Southmountain

                                is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                                diligent hands rule....

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                                Dan Neely
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                                SourceGear | DiffMerge[^] has been my weapon of choice for the last 12 or 14 years.

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                                • S Southmountain

                                  is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                                  diligent hands rule....

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                                  Maximilien
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                                  we use an old version of araxis merge.

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                                  • S Southmountain

                                    I use WinMerge too, but now I try to find something new...

                                    diligent hands rule....

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                                    Nelek
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                                    I see that you asked above... BeyondCompare is pretty similar to WinMerge, but it is more powerful, faster with copying (you can theoretically multithread it)... It compares the files, but not only plain text, pictures and other stuff. I have used WinMerge for years, and I still install it in PCs I touch for family or friends, but in my PCs, I have changed to BC. Last WinMerge I used in Win10 had already got new functions and could do more than the versions I was used to use, but I still prefer BC. The trial version commented above... I can't say anything about it, since I use the full version. (BTW... this reminds me I have to check for newer version)

                                    M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                                    • S Southmountain

                                      is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                                      diligent hands rule....

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                                      Member 9167057
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                                      Depending on my current workflow. When it comes to standalone tools, Beyond Compare is my eternal love but in most cases, I'm using the built-in diff view of Visual Studio.

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                                      • S Southmountain

                                        is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                                        diligent hands rule....

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                                        RustyF
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                                        A colleague recommended BeyondCompare (paid) ten years ago. It was by far the best I used so I bought a personal licence and have used it since at every employer. At the time it was two features that were unique at the time:- 1) manually align two chunks of code. Useful when only you know they are related 2) isolate a chunk of code that has been matched to something (but you know has no match) Both features are useful because a diff requires info that is no always deductible without input from the developer that made the changes.

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                                        • S Southmountain

                                          is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                                          diligent hands rule....

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                                          Charl
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                                          Beyond Compare is the easiest I have used and super fast on large files - cross-platform too. Download Beyond Compare Free Trial[^]

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