WinMerge 2.16.19 Beta Release Notes

• About This Release
• What Is New in 2.16.19 beta?
• Known issues

March 2022

About This Release

This is a WinMerge beta release which is meant for preview the current state of WinMerge development. This release is not recommended for the production.

What Is New in 2.16.19 Beta

General

• Update Merge.rc (PR #1219,#1227,#1231,#1232)

File compare

• BugFix: Match similar lines breaks with Ignore whitespace change (#1209)
• BugFix: Copy & Advance skips differences when moved block detection is on (#1235)
• BugFix: Fix inline difference selection by F4 key not working well in various cases
• Different exit procedure required for small vs. large files (#1218)
• Added View → View Top Margins menu item. (A ruler appears in the margin)

Table compare

• Pinning first row of file (#999)
• Added Use First Line as Headers menu item to the column header context menu.

Folder compare

• BugFix: Fix the problem that the status bar displays "0 items selected" even though multiple items are selected.
• BugFix: Change the file naming method of the file compare report to avoid duplication of the file compare report file name linked from the folder compare report. (PR #1171)
• BugFix: Fix an issue where comparison results are not displayed correctly when "Refresh Selected" is performed by selecting an item that has a directory and file with the same name. (PR #1189)
• BugFix: Folder compare with jpg images crashes (#1176)
• BugFix: Fix renaming process in folder compare window. (PR #1246)

Filters

• Filters enchancement (PR #1179,#1174)
• File masks
  • Putting ! before file masks will exclude files that match that masks.
  • If you put \ after the file masks, the masks will match folders instead of files.
• File filters
  • Added f!: and d!: to exclude files or folders that match the pattern specified in f: and d:.

Options dialog

• BugFix: Help text is truncated (#1210)
• Improve vertical alignment string (#1200)
• Some improvements (#1212)

Plugins

• BugFix: Select Plugin Dialog: Fix the problem that the plugin arguments are deleted by clicking the "Add pipe" button after entering them.

Archive support

Translations

• Translation updates:
• Catalan (PR #1237)
• Chinese Simplified (PR #1257)
• Chinese Traditional (PR #1204)
• Corsican (PR #1188,#1205,#1221,#1251,#1260)
• Dutch (PR #1187)
• French (PR #1211)
• German (PR #1208,#1228,#1254,#1262)
• Hungarian (PR #1203,#1220,#1252,#1259)
• Japanese (PR #1165)
• Korean (PR #1181)
• Lithuanian (PR #1197,#1202,#1224,#1255)
• Norwegian (PR #1170)
• Portuguese (PR #1178,#1222)
• Russian (PR #1164)
• Slovak (PR #1196)
• Slovenian (PR #1163,#1261)
• Ukrainian (PR #1172)

Internals

• Fix typo in ShellFileOperations.cpp (PR #1256)
• [Big PR - big changes] A lot of refactor and optimization commits (PR #1258)
• Wrong links for ShellExtension on Translations page (#1185)
• Tweak translations status (PR #1201)

Known issues

• Crashes when comparing large files (GitHub #325)
• Very slow to compare significantly different directories (GitHub #322)
• Vertical scrollbar breaks after pasting text (GitHub #296)

What's Changed

• Update Slovenian.po by @JadranR in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1163
• Update Russian.po by @wvxwxvw in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1164
• Update Japanese.po by @Rukoto in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1165
• Update Norwegian.po by @FTno in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1170
• Change the file naming method of the file compare report to avoid duplication of the file compare report file name linked from the folder compare report. by @tjmprm77 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1171
• Update Ukrainian.po by @uniss2209 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1172
• Update Portuguese.po by @hugok79 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1178
• Update Korean.po by @gro00 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1181
• Update Dutch.po by @RockyTDR in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1187
• Update Corsican translations and change encoding by @Patriccollu in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1188
• Fix an issue where comparison results are not displayed correctly when "Refresh Selected" is performed by selecting an item that has a directory and file with the same name. by @tjmprm77 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1189
• Updating the Slovak translation file by @jozefM923 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1196
• Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1197
• Improve vertical alignment string by @Gitoffthelawn in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1200
• Tweak translations status by @gerundt in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1201
• Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1202
• Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1203
• Update ChineseTraditional.po by @SiderealArt in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1204
• Update Corsican translation for commit c79933b by @Patriccollu in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1205
• Update German.po by @Mr-Update in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1208
• Filters enhancement by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1179
• Update French translation by @slolo2000 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1211
• Update Merge.rc by @Mr-Update in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1219
• Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1220
• Update Portuguese translation by @hugok79 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1222
• Update Corsican translation for 3 recent commits by @Patriccollu in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1221
• Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1224
• Update Merge.rc incorporated by @Mr-Update in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1227
• Update German.po by @Mr-Update in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1228
• Some more Update Merge.rc incorporated by @Mr-Update in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1231
• One last Update Merge.rc incorporated by @Mr-Update in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1232
• Updates to all catalan translations. by @JosepMaJAZ in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1237
• Fix renaming process in folder compare window. by @tjmprm77 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1246
• Update Corsican translation for commit a6b2783 by @Patriccollu in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1251
• Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1252
• Update German.po by @Mr-Update in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1254
• Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1255
• Fix typo in ShellFileOperations.cpp by @eltociear in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1256
• Update ChineseSimplified.po by @CharlesMengCA in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1257
• [Big PR - big changes] A lot of refactor and optimization commits by @GermanAizek in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1258
• Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1259
• Update Corsican translation for commit 54ef361 by @Patriccollu in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1260
• Update German.po by @Mr-Update in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1262

New Contributors

• @Rukoto made their first contribution in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1165
• @FTno made their first contribution in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1170
• @uniss2209 made their first contribution in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1172
• @gro00 made their first contribution in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1181
• @JosepMaJAZ made their first contribution in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1237
• @GermanAizek made their first contribution in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/1258

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/compare/v2.16.18...v2.16.19