which diff tool do you use?
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
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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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
kdiff3 (if no-one else has mentioned that yet). It's the dog's.
Paul Sanders. Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short - Henry David Thoreau Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
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I use UltraCompare It is not free. It has some nice options: Binary compare 3-way compare Folder compare PDF, Word, Zip compare Table compare
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
I use WinMerge now. Previously have used WinDiff and KDiff3 in the past. So long as there is good keyboard support for merging and the ability to edit a line on the go, I'll be happy to use it.
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
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WinMerge, does diff, 3 way merge, and can do a split view of a single file conflict that's spat out from git
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
I've been using good old WinDiff since 1997, and I still like it. Sometimes I also use Tools.DiffFiles in the Visual Studio Command Window.
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
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I like Araxis Merge
Ian Brockbank "Legacy systems are systems that are not protected with a suite of tests. ... You are building legacy code every time you build software without associated tests." - Mary and Tom Poppendieck, Implementing Lean Software Development.
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
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I've found Source Gear DiffMerge quite good. Think it costs money though... I can't remember.
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I use WinMerge. It's open-source, still maintained, and available in both 32- and 64-bit versions (for those who have really large files... :) )
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Agreed.
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
gvim -d
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
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ExanDiff Pro - fast, reliable, customizable, really good at merging when needed
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
I've been using Beyond Compare from Scooter Software for more than 13 years and use it many times everyday. It is very powerful, flexible, and can be as simple or as complex as you like. I generate many configuration files used to deploy Azure Resources and Policies using automation scripts to a temp folder and compare that to the Git Repo folders on my local PC using the directory and file compare features in Beyond Compare. It's very easy to quickly identify the differences and locate potential issues when changing the automation scripts. When everything is correct, I can then run the scripts against the Local Master Repo, commit, merge, and trigger pipeline deployments. I also use it to help with migration to a new PC, for locating differences when hunting for a file from restored backups, for comparing CVS data files, etc... I could not do my job as effectively if using other Directory and File compare and merge tools and is worth every penny.
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
BeyondCompare is highly rated by my coworker and he made me install it.
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
I have been using Beyond Compare for over 2 decades. Nothing else has ever compared ;) to it. [Scooter Software: Home of Beyond Compare](https://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php)
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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Btw, I don’t use a separate diff tool much these days as I’m usually running SublimeMerge which is a super fast Git GUI with built-in diff/merge. Again, I bought my own licence because its too tedious trying to justify a work purchase.
it is good to know this new tool for me:rose:
diligent hands rule....
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I've been using Beyond Compare from Scooter Software for more than 13 years and use it many times everyday. It is very powerful, flexible, and can be as simple or as complex as you like. I generate many configuration files used to deploy Azure Resources and Policies using automation scripts to a temp folder and compare that to the Git Repo folders on my local PC using the directory and file compare features in Beyond Compare. It's very easy to quickly identify the differences and locate potential issues when changing the automation scripts. When everything is correct, I can then run the scripts against the Local Master Repo, commit, merge, and trigger pipeline deployments. I also use it to help with migration to a new PC, for locating differences when hunting for a file from restored backups, for comparing CVS data files, etc... I could not do my job as effectively if using other Directory and File compare and merge tools and is worth every penny.
good info to me!
diligent hands rule....
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I have been using Beyond Compare for over 2 decades. Nothing else has ever compared ;) to it. [Scooter Software: Home of Beyond Compare](https://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php)
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
in summary, more people used Beyond Compare and I would like to give a try.:rose:
diligent hands rule....
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
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Beyond Compare 4 is by far my favorite. I have used several over the years with varying results but BC4 is accurate and can be configured specifically for different applications. The free version these days has a 30 days(usage days) license, plenty of time to get used to it and its afforable besides.