tkdiff Files

V 5.6             (11/08/2022):

• Repairs a significant display failure of the optional merge-preview window not properly responding to jump-scroll requests. While not a crash, it would continually report TK errors (AND not scroll)!
• Additionally, it is now possible to request an entire directory TREE of files (of the current SCM sandbox) against a designated (or defaulted) revision.

Basicallly, this is a stabilizing release now that the slew of prior "quick-fixes" seem to have quieted down. The added new feature addresses a gap identified against conventional Vpath usage scenarios, and operates by activating the directory recursion input option (either on the command line or input panel) when only ONE directory has been designated (similar to when TWO directories were input).

While this feature might not be a 'recommended' practice for most SCM systems - particularly those of a LARGE project having numerous files where MOST are not actually CHANGED - the Vpath SCM (which is generally a SPARSE tree containing ONLY the changed files) is a much more reasonable candidate. Be advised when using this feature, TkDiff will schedule EVERY sandbox FILE as a candidate, without concern for whether any change actually occurred for each such file. This CAN BE a large number of files! Note that in the TWO directories case, the resulting files list STILL only contains changed files as before. However, BOTH input forms (1 or 2 Dirs), are capable of honoring exclusions of any stated filename patterns, when given.

The provided zipfile will unzip to its own subdirectory named "tkdiff-5-6" containing a README.txt file (having installation instructions), a Changelog file to highlight current (and past) modifications, the actual tkdiff Tcl script, and the (required) copy of the GNU License. We hope you find this new version both useful and reliable. Feel free to leave reviews, trouble tickets, new ideas; whatever you would like.