which diff tool do you use?
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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?
diligent hands rule....
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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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
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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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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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
Another vote for UltraCompare - not terribly expensive, UltraEdit is awesome on its own. Three-way compare is helpful in the few times it's needed.
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
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thanks for sharing your tricks! I find some new tools that I am not familiar with, so curious to see any people using them:
Meld - What is Meld? Meld is a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers.
Beyond Compare - Beyond Compare allows you to compare files and folders.
kdiff3 - KDiff3 is a file and directory diff and merge tool which compares and merges two or three text...
Araxis Merge - Home of the award-winning Araxis Merge two and three-way file comparison (diff) and merging application, Araxis Find Duplicate Files, Araxis Replace In Files, and the Araxis Ketura issue tracking, project scheduling and time tracking application.
AptDiff - AptDiff is a visual text / binary files comparison and merging utility for Windows.
P4Merge - A valuable tool for diagnosing continuous integration bugs, Folder Diff also measures how much code must be resolved in pending merge scenarios. Visually compare two versions using image diff within P4Merge to determine changes made.
diligent hands rule....
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
For Windows users => I've used all the free ones and while they are great, Araxis Merge is hands down the best I've used so far. Note I haven't used Beyond Compare because I didn't know it existed until just now. It looks like it has even more features and is cheaper, so I might consider changing at my next upgrade. In the mean time yes Araxis Merge costs, but as a professional it's what I need and it's not in the thousands of dollars range - also I only need to worry about the upgrade price. I love the interface and going between folder comparison to file comparison, the white noise handling options. And I love the keyboard shortcuts to speed up processing of big changes. 3 way comparisons. I've submitted feature requests, which have implemented - so that's awesome. One not so obvious feature is image comparison - very cool! And I really love the line between the chunk of codes that's different, so that you can scroll each side independently and not be forced into the merge tool trying to line it up for you and getting lost. My single biggest complaint with Araxis Merge is the purchasing / payment / upgrade path is clunky. To upgrade you have to email your request - why? Working in Sydney means my upgrade takes minimum 1 day to get a response and that's before payment and downloading? It's truly annoying if you run into problems and all you want to do is just do a merge. Fortunately in the whole 10 years of ownership it has only happened once, when I've been without Araxis Merge for a few days. But still - it would be nice if they simplified this process.
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is there any good diff tool to recommend?
diligent hands rule....
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For Windows users => I've used all the free ones and while they are great, Araxis Merge is hands down the best I've used so far. Note I haven't used Beyond Compare because I didn't know it existed until just now. It looks like it has even more features and is cheaper, so I might consider changing at my next upgrade. In the mean time yes Araxis Merge costs, but as a professional it's what I need and it's not in the thousands of dollars range - also I only need to worry about the upgrade price. I love the interface and going between folder comparison to file comparison, the white noise handling options. And I love the keyboard shortcuts to speed up processing of big changes. 3 way comparisons. I've submitted feature requests, which have implemented - so that's awesome. One not so obvious feature is image comparison - very cool! And I really love the line between the chunk of codes that's different, so that you can scroll each side independently and not be forced into the merge tool trying to line it up for you and getting lost. My single biggest complaint with Araxis Merge is the purchasing / payment / upgrade path is clunky. To upgrade you have to email your request - why? Working in Sydney means my upgrade takes minimum 1 day to get a response and that's before payment and downloading? It's truly annoying if you run into problems and all you want to do is just do a merge. Fortunately in the whole 10 years of ownership it has only happened once, when I've been without Araxis Merge for a few days. But still - it would be nice if they simplified this process.
very valuable sharing to me:rose:
diligent hands rule....