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WinMerge is a Windows-based software tool for file/folder comparisons, and for merging text files.

WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format.

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Free diff tool that is configurable?

Is there a diff tool that allows me to write regular expression to remove a line from difference? Like, see the two lines: this.Visible = true; Visible = true; And can I write an expression such that if the line difference is exactly this ignore…
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Revision/HEAD as parameter to TortoiseIDiff

I'm trying to make Notepad++ automatically launch Tortoise's Diff. With WinExplorer's context menu itens, Tortoise does it nicelly. I use WinMerge to compare and merge files and it's executed. But I can't find a command line way for Tortoise to do…
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how to use winmerge line filter for a java comment

how can i filter all the java comments in winmerge? /** * javadoc comment **/ // line comment These are the lines I would like to filter out?
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clearcase query results into winmerge

I can compare two files in Winmerge by triggering a comparison on the command line with a command similar to: WinMergeU C:\file1.txt C:\file2.txt I can query a list of files with particular properties in clearcase with a clearcase query similar…
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Comparing more than two versions of a file

I have several environments using configuration files. In order to merge those files, I would like to be able to compare them. However, comparing two files at a time when having five environments is quite tiresome. Does anybody know of a tool which…
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comparing two files and saving the report in any other file

I would like to compare the dat of two files and store the report in another file.I tried using winmerge by invoking cmd.exe using subprocess module in python3.2.i was able to get the difference report but wasnt able to save that report.Is there a…
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Winmerge: How to Disable the 3-way dialog?

Recently, and without my consent, my Winmerge went from 2.14 to 2.16. And the horrible behavior and UI changes that go along with it. (how it happened, I don't know, I think a windows update) How do I get back to the better functioning operation…
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Ignore the word that has been replaced into specific words when comparing the folder / file

I am using WinMerge to compare my Java source code because it is quite handy (comparing multiple folders and sub-folders, specifying the file extension you want to compare,...). However, I want to ignore (return is identical or not hightlight) with…
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JQ : Sort a JSON file using another JSON as "order" model

JQ : Sort a JSON file using another JSON as "order" model I'm trying to compare two JSON file, but because a lot of "reordering" happened, i wish to "sort" the second file using the first one as a "model", basically moving all the fields to match…
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How to setup WinMerge to make it to ignore lines which are starting with "> Test"?

I am looking for a way to setup WinMerge to allow me to compare two text files. BUt to make my comparison easier, I would appreciate if this software could ignore the some lines, in function of how they are starting. I tried to use the LinesFilter…
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git duplex or 2 way merge with save of both merge panels at a time

The git supports different merge strategies, but nevertheless all these strategies are relied on idea to have has multiple inputs and only a single output. In mine case I want to have 2 outputs of 2 inputs in a single merge. Why this is…
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Winmerge : is it possible to compare two sets of files in same the folder with a filter

I'm using Verify in a C# unit test to generate a set of files that end with ".received.png" and ".verified.png" and I'd like to be able to compare the two sets without moving them to two separate folders. I'm wondering if anyone knows if this is…
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Git diff showing changes at the beginning of text file

I am trying to compare two text files using GIT and WinMerge. While WinMerge is correctly presenting me changes (i have one line changed between files), the git diff command is detecting some "weird" character at the beginning of the text file,…
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How to debug git difftool command ( WinMerge , git on windows)

I have spend some time to configure git (git version 2.35.3.windows.1) to use WinMerge (2.16.20) as a external difftool. This post was my entry point and this Gist seem to help some people. Still no luck on my side. $ git config --global --list …
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CSV file handling with Pandas for text comparison

I have this csv file called input.csv KEY;Rate;BYld;DataAsOfDate CH04;0.719;0.674;2020-01-29 CH03;1.5;0.148;2020-01-29 then I execute the following code: import pandas as pd input_df = pd.read_csv('input.csv', sep=";") input_df.to_csv('output.csv',…
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