Saturday, June 27, 2009

Win Merge: File, Folder Comparison and Merge

Often in a development environment, a developer is posed with issues with comparing files and folders. Even though, the Software Configuration management tools offer file comparison utilities, they often do not serve the full purpose of the developer and lack the best features of File Comparison Tools.

Beyond Compare from Scooter Software will the Number 1 choice of any developer for File/Folder comparison, merge. But, this is a paid software.

As usual, I always look for some opensource/freeware stuff whereby I can get all these facilities without purchasing any software.

One such great software from OpenSource is "WinMerge". It gives all the facilities of Beyond Compare.
  • File and Folder Comparison
  • Merge
  • Tree View [basic version] (wow!! i was waiting for this BeyonCompare feature on winmerge for a long time.)
  • Plugin Support
  • xdocdiff plugin: with this you can compare Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and some more files.
read more on winmerge @ winmerge.com


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