On 2014-02-26 16:58, Anderson, Rolf wrote:
> I've read the forum entries regarding this and posted a reply there,
> but
> it didn't get posted, or at least I can't find it, so I'm writing
> here:
>
> I use WinMerge to compare software builds/releases, which I keep
> separately
> in their own directories. It works great, and also I use it for
> merging changes
> in amongst my files sometimes if I want to go back to an older
> version
> of some
> particular code in a new build directory.
This sounds like you need a proper source versioning system that will
do most of this for you, without the potential manual screw ups.
> I have nothing to suggest, everything I use it for works great, but
> with all of the
> capabilities there are, why can't the "Comparison result" column be
> displayed in
> RED or HIGHLIGHTED or _something_ if a file is different on the
> folder
> compare
> results page?
I've not seen any option for this.
> It is a tedious task and prone to error to look through all of the
> "files are identical"
> results to find the "files are different" results - not to mention
> the
> eye strain ;)
"View", then untick "Show identical items". Or click to sort by the
comparison result column.
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