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DirDiff

DirDiff (~314KB) started as a tool to check two copies of files in separate directories, either by date or by a different modified date.

From there, I had a go at building my own text-diff. Other diff's show the content of both files, and thus show the content that is equal twice. Sounds like a lot of wasted screen-space to me, so I show a single 'flow' and the different parts in different colors. Yes, I know I might have got green and red reversed, but since I use diff primarily to check what I've changed before commit, I like them to show up in red. It draws attention.

It also has a 'drop handle' to drop files or directories on from the shell. Open the drop handle from the main menu, or start DirDiff.exe with the "/H" command-line option. Either drop two items together, or drop one item first and then the other to compare with.

If you're using TortoiseSVN, it turns out to be a good alternative diff to use with TortoiseSVN, open the settings and enter "DirDiff.exe %mine %base" for the external Diff Viewer.

location: freeware
url: freeware/DirDiff_270.zip
created: 6/09/2006 21:00:45 « modified: 6/08/2010 0:31:26 (diff) weight: 0

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(item on yoy.be homepage) up down edit   del   created: 6/09/2006 21:03:48 « modified: 6/09/2006 21:05:06 weight: 0
Two copies of files and both have been modified? Don't despair, diff the changes and prepare the merge in no time!
(friendly-url) up down edit   del   created: 26/02/2007 22:00:06 « modified: 26/02/2007 22:01:15 weight: 0
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see also -- TortoiseSVN edit   del   created: 6/09/2006 21:07:55 « modified: 6/09/2006 21:07:55 weight: 0
similar to -- DirFind edit   del   created: 15/03/2007 21:20:13 « modified: 15/03/2007 21:21:28 weight: 0

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