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Beyond Compare is a data comparison utility. Aside from comparing files, the program is capable of doing side-by-side comparison of directories, FTP and SFTP directories, Dropbox directories, Amazon S3 directories, and archives.[1] It is available for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux operating systems. A strength of Beyond Compare is that it can be configured as difftool and mergetool of version control systems, such as git.

Beyond Compare 4 is a data comparison utility of Scooter Software, Inc.

The programm is capable of doing

  • side-by-side file comparison with special comparison view for tables (csv, Excel) and pictures.
  • side-by-side comparison of directories, FTP and SFTP directories, Dropbox directories, Amazon S3 directories, and archives.
  • 3-way file and directory merging.

It is available for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux operating systems.

A strength of Beyond Compare is that it can be configured as difftool and mergetool of version control systems, such as git.

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SVN diff with beyond compare 4 result in "file not found" error, Mac OS High Sierra

I have install beyond compare and followed the official technic support to configure it with svn: http://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_vcs_osx However, when I run the following command: svn diff -c 53030 . To show all changes made to the…
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How to correctly enter differences to be ignored by Beyond Compare

I have found this post on how to add rules to a certain or self specified file types to enable ignoring certain differences. I don't seem to understand how it works exactly and I couldn't find anything helping on the web. Consider the following…
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Show lines that start equally and end differently

I have 2 log files with too many differences and absolutely different line order, however, there must be some lines that start equally but end with either "SUCCESS" or "NAME NOT FOUND". How do I make BeyondCompare show me only such lines, if at all…
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Visual studio Source Control tab is missing tabs

enter image description here from the options tab in tools tab, the source control tab should has also "visual studio team foundation server" for editing the diff/merge tools as this solution for the beyond compare problem: How to configure Visual…
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Beyond Compare - can we delete Delete Blank Line while comparing two pdf's text

I am using Beyond compare(version 4) to compare two pdf's text. But in one scenario, since it is comparing Line by Line , if blank comes in middle, it is comparing blank line with other pdf's text , and shows as difference.It follows for the rest of…
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Automatically resolve conflict at specific lines using find/replace

There was some kind of misunderstanding which resulted in conflict in 100+ files. The conflict is very easy to resolve though. One set of files has: // In .h files virtual bool exec(); // in cpp files: bool SomeClassName::exec() { And the other set…
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Add Windows Context Menu file command for "git difftool %1"

I am trying to add a file context menu option to execute git difftool %1 (which is configured to use Beyond Compare 4). I've got the context menu showing up with the icon I want but can't get Beyond Compare to pop up with the file diff. I've…
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How to set multiple column lines (grid lines) in Beyond Compare 4?

Currently I'm able to set one column line already using the Options > Tweaks > Show column line at option. How do I set multiple column lines / grid lines?
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Git difftool --cached and Beyond Compare

I am using Windows 10. I am diffing 256 files in one folder to 256 files in another I am using the command git difftool --cached to display files in Beyond Compare. The display out put in Git Bash says: Viewing (1/256):…
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Set priority when using Beyond Compare to solve conflicts after a merge

I can see on the Beyond Compare option list for the mergetool that one can specify to favor the right or the left side with -favorright or -favorleft option. If I try to use it I get an error $git merge master [...](Actual merge with some…
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How add Unimportant Text in Beyond Compare 4?

I'm comparing 2 .po files. They have a lot of differences of this type: File 1: #: G:\theme\mytheme\user_dashboard_add.php:1377 File 2: #: G:\theme\mytheme\user_dashboard_add.php:1100 I need ignore that lines. Lines that begin with "#: G:" as…
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git difftool Beyond Compare 4 not diffing local with remote

I am using CYGWIN and Beyond Compare 4 Pro Edition. I have set up the following .gitconfig file: [diff] tool = bc3 [difftool "bc3"] path = c:/program files/beyond compare 4/bcomp.exe [merge] tool = bc3 [mergetool "bc3"] path =…
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Is "git config --global mergetool.bc3 trustExitCode true" a correct usage of git-config?

Using Beyond Compare with Version Control Systems under OS X uses: git config --global mergetool.bc3 trustExitCode true But Using Beyond Compare with Version Control Systems uses: git config --global mergetool.bc3.trustExitCode true I think that…
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Run Beyond Compare4 Script from Java?

Beyond compare provides a script to get the Report in a html format. I want to run the script through java to get the report in a particular folder but i am getting error everytime. MyScript text-report layout:Interleived & …
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Beyond compare 4 with git for windows: cannot open with git diff

I want to use Beyond compare 4 in order to perform merge and diff for my git repositories in Windows. I've set the following .gitconfig but when I execute git diff in the shell I obtain the textual diff inside the console instead that opening…
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