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How do I compare two source trees in Linux?

Answer 1

+3 A:

You can try MELD : http://meld.sourceforge.net/ which is a wonderful visual diff tool ;-)

manatlan 2009-04-22 12:01:27

Thanks a bunch- I discovered Meld belated after having posted my question and it does pretty much what I want. It would be nice if I didn't have to download the code to my local machine though as its on a remote server and (unfortunately) not checked into like CVS or Subversion.

freakwincy 2009-04-22 12:25:00

Answer 2

+2 A:

you may use the diff command in the shell. Or install a tool like kdiff3

Decio Lira 2009-04-22 12:01:45

+1 for KDiff3. Works a treat for comparing directories (and subdirectories etc.)

Dave Webb 2009-04-22 12:03:52

Answer 3

+2 A:

diff -u -r dirA dirB

Will show you a unified recursive diff between the files in dirA and dirB

Bert Huijben 2009-04-22 12:03:49

I believe you need the -r flag (recursive). That would then become: diff -ur dirA dirB

Jeremy Visser 2009-04-22 12:21:13

Thanks. Updated answer.

Bert Huijben 2009-04-22 14:37:48

Answer 4

+5 A:

Try this:

diff -Naur dir1/ dir2/

The -u option makes the output a little easier to read.
The -r option recurses through all subdirectories
The -N and -a options are really only necessary if you wanted to create a patch file.

jcrossley3 2009-04-22 12:03:50

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