Diff tool

MIOS programming (C)
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Hi All,

I know this isnt really a C programming question but does anyone know a freeware  GUI based diff tool for windows thats good? Ive downloaded “Beyond Compare” to try out but is only a demo version. Im finding this the easiest way to keep up with reading about the development changes in the V3 seq by doing a diff on the application code between versions.

Thanks!

John

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Hi - I don’t use Windows as much anymore, but you might try WinMerge, it’s free and has a good set of features, see http://winmerge.org/  Mostly I just rely on colordiff when in Linux, I’m sure there’s a version for Win32 but it’s CLI not GUI.  Some pluugins (if you install them) may complain if you don’t have VB runtime crap but the program itself should work fine.  Hope that helps, give it a try at least. 

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get either cygwin or msys environment, then you get not only unix diff but also other great unix utilities like find, grep, sed, etc.

the msys environment is found at the mingw32 page.  google search “mingw32” or “cygwin” and they’ll each be their respective top hits..

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Hi a7thson,

thanks for the link, I’ve been looking for something like this for some time now  :slight_smile:

Michaël

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Thanks for the suggestions, Ill download away and see what suits :slight_smile:

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Well if the *nix variants are OK in text, what about FC.exe?

GUI-wise, there’s always UltraCompare, or the cutdown version of it which is included in UltraEdit, which are both great!

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Araxis Merge is the best… especially for serious coders who need to do three-way merges regularly and compare whole directories… but it’s not free.

WinDiff is freeware and not bad, it comes with Visual Studio, but you can download it here:

http://www.grigsoft.com/download-windiff.htm