My Source Safe file comparer (diff) doesn't say where in the line there are differences. Which tool would I use for that?
And before someone tries to move it to SU, please note that we developers rely on these diff tools more than anyone else.
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WinMerge does inline comparison. I don't know about "best", but it is free.
Ferruccio
2009-08-03 18:20:10
Many people that I know use this. And you beat me to posting the link to it.
SteveM
2009-08-03 18:22:00
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I like SourceGear's free diffmerge. They built it to work with their source control systems, so it's pretty feature-rich.
David Norman
2009-08-03 18:23:01
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BeyondCompare is excellent, though not free. There is a screenshot of the within-line difference view on their website.
Michael Donohue
2009-08-03 18:23:52
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Iam using NotePad++ Compare plugin, there is ultracompare as well.
Amr ElGarhy
2009-08-03 18:24:51
It's the BEST one! :-) Plus they support three-way comparison + merging, and have been one of the few to compare ANSI to Unicode versions
marc_s
2009-08-03 19:41:33
I've been using Araxis Merge Pro (3 way comparison) for 10 years+. I haven't upgraded to more recent versions, but I had a look at their website the other day - the latest version has incredible features (image differencing and all sorts of different document type differencing). Very useful if you need that stuff.For me its the comparison and intra-line differencing that is really useful. I use it mainly for C/C++/asm/text/HTML/PHP/css/js.
Stephen Kellett
2010-04-03 16:43:26