Winmerge - block as a single difference

Question

Please have a look at the screen shot below:

WinMerge screen shot

Why is the following Text highlighted yellow: This is a Test2. The text appears in both files.

I have found a quote from the following website: http://manual.winmerge.org/Intro_diffs.html. The quote is: "it's also useful to treat an entire block of lines as a single difference". Therefore I am wandering if a block is being treated as a single difference. Where is this configured?

Does Test2.txt finish with `'2'` or `'\n'`? – azhrei Mar 17 '13 at 22:58 — azhrei, Mar 17 '13 at 22:58
@azhrei, it finishes with a 2. – w0051977 Mar 17 '13 at 23:39 — w0051977, Mar 17 '13 at 23:39

azhrei · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-18T00:03:59.443

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WinMerge compares by lines, and treats a block of lines that have differences as a single difference. You don't configure that, per se. That's not your problem.

Your problem is that Test2.txt doesn't finish with a carriage return.

So WinMerge compares This is a Test2\r\n with This is a Test2<eof> and these are different.

(And note how WinMerge treats the rest of the lines in Test1.txt as 'a single difference').

Confirmed with WinMerge 2.14.0.0

edited Mar 18 '13 at 00:03

answered Mar 17 '13 at 23:22

azhrei

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Thanks. That makes sense. +1.could you confirm what you mean by: "a single difference"? – w0051977 Mar 17 '13 at 23:42
Sure - just trying to address what you thought the problem might be, about WinMerge treating a block of lines as a single difference. I've added more detail in the answer. – azhrei Mar 18 '13 at 00:04

Winmerge - block as a single difference

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