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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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    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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    • S Southmountain

      is there any good diff tool to recommend?

      diligent hands rule....

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      RustyF
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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.

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      • S Southmountain

        is there any good diff tool to recommend?

        diligent hands rule....

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        Paul Sanders the other one
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        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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        • S Southmountain

          is there any good diff tool to recommend?

          diligent hands rule....

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          JohaViss61
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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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          • S Southmountain

            is there any good diff tool to recommend?

            diligent hands rule....

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            Morag Hughson
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            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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            • S Southmountain

              is there any good diff tool to recommend?

              diligent hands rule....

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              John Stewien
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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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              • S Southmountain

                is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                diligent hands rule....

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                User 14060113
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                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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                • S Southmountain

                  is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                  diligent hands rule....

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                  Grand Chain
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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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                  • S Southmountain

                    is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                    diligent hands rule....

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                    decaffeinatedMonkey
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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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                    • D Daniel Pfeffer

                      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... :) )

                      Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                      Gary Wheeler
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                      Agreed.

                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                      • S Southmountain

                        is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                        diligent hands rule....

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                        bob davis 2022
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                        gvim -d

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                        • S Southmountain

                          is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                          diligent hands rule....

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                          Jeff Dworkin 2022
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                          ExanDiff Pro - fast, reliable, customizable, really good at merging when needed

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                          • S Southmountain

                            is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                            diligent hands rule....

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                            Brooks Vaughn US
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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.

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                            • S Southmountain

                              is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                              diligent hands rule....

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                              Bruce Patin
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                              BeyondCompare is highly rated by my coworker and he made me install it.

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                              • S Southmountain

                                is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                                diligent hands rule....

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                                MikeTheFid
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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.

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                                • R RustyF

                                  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.

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                                  Southmountain
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                                  it is good to know this new tool for me:rose:

                                  diligent hands rule....

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                                  • B Brooks Vaughn US

                                    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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                                    Southmountain
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                                    good info to me!

                                    diligent hands rule....

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                                    • M MikeTheFid

                                      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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                                      Southmountain
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                                      in summary, more people used Beyond Compare and I would like to give a try.:rose:

                                      diligent hands rule....

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                                      • S Southmountain

                                        is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                                        diligent hands rule....

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                                        Brad_C
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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.

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                                        • S Southmountain

                                          is there any good diff tool to recommend?

                                          diligent hands rule....

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                                          Geoff Gariepy
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                                          I've been using SourceGear Diffmerge[^] for many years now. It's free and it works well on Windows, Linux and OSX. It will compare either files or folders of files.

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