I took over some code that hadn't been developed since 2002 and I looked through the patches sent against it over time. All these patches were in unified diff format, which apparently is the de facto standard for submitting code improvements. Here's what one patch looked like: @@ -365,7 +385,10 @@ return () unless defined $op_sym; ...
The requirements are : Fact 1 : We have some data files produced by a legacy system Fact 2 : We have some data files produced by a new system that should eventually replace the legacy one Fact 3 : Both the files are text/ASCII files, with records being composed of multiple lines. Each line, within a record, consists of a fieldname a...
I am currently developing a java program where I need to show the difference between two text. Is there any library available for visually show the difference, that is the diff output in my java program or how can I do so. Any suggestion will be very helpful for me. ...
the diff result in text might be hard to get used to at first. Is there a way to pipe that output to a visual diff tool, such as something like $ hg diff --visual code.rb or $ hg diff code.rb | sometool so that the result can be viewed visually? ...
I'm looking for a visual diff tool for Mac OS X that will allow me to see differences in Pages (from Apple's iWork suite) and Adobe Illustrator documents. I realize a visual diff may be a little much to ask, so I'd settle for some sort of XML or plain-text comparison. I'm using Pages to maintain my Spec and Illustrator for my mockups, wh...