Hi,
> I'm using WinMerge 2.10.0.0 Unicode
>
> I have file where the only difference is a line starting with
> * $Date:
>
> So I created a line filter for it
> ^ \* \$Date:.*
>
> So when I compare the two file there is no difference highlighted. The
> line is picked by the filter and it is marked in light yellow.
>
> But when I compare the two directories they are marked "Files are
> different" but when I click on them then I get the two file are identical.
are you perhaps using other than "Full contents" compare type for the
folder compare?
Unfortunately line filters can be only used when the compare type is
"Full contents" as other compare types don't analyze (whole) file contents.
Regards,
Kimmo
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