WinMerge
WinMerge is a free software tool for file comparison and merging text-like files. It is useful for determining what has changed between versions, and then merging changes between versions.
The project is currently dormant.[1]
WinMerge runs on Microsoft Windows.
Features
- Visual differencing and merging of text files.
- Flexible editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers and word-wrap.
- Handles DOS, Unix and Mac text file formats.
- Unicode support. (As of version 2.8.0, UTF-8 files are correctly read without a BOM.)
- Difference pane shows current difference in two vertical panes.
- Location pane shows map of files compared.
- Highlights differences inside lines in file compare.
- Can also generate HTML report with differences highlighted.
- Regular Expression based file filters in directory compare allow excluding and including items.
- Moved lines detection in file compare.
- Ability to ignore whitespace and letter case changes.
- Creates patch files.
- Shell Integration (supports 64-bit Windows versions).
- Rudimentary Visual SourceSafe and Rational ClearCase integration.
- Archive file support using 7-Zip.
- Plug-ins.
- Language localization via plain-text PO files.
- Online Manual and installed HTML Help manual.
- Generates normal, context, and unified patches.
See also
External links
References
- ^ http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/winmerge/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=309&sid=8a35a03379473464fd93f7268233eb06