Re: [Winmerge-support] fixing incorrect file alignment in diff

[Dean E. <de...@ea...>]

Stephen Dewey wrote:
> I apologize if this question has been asked before... I can't find an
> answer anywhere. Sometimes, especially with large or complicated
> differences, WinMerge will incorrectly align 2 files in a diff. So
> then instead of seeing 10 lines of difference, I see 100 lines of
> difference. But there would only be 10 if one of the sides were pushed
> down a few lines. Any suggestions as to what to do?

I've seen this a few times, more so since the 2.8 release.
I'd put it down to a change in the algorithm.

Maybe an extension of this is that it would be nice to "attach" parts of 
the diff and say that they really are the same bit (not just looking the 
same) and let it work out from there.

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