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Re: Compare files?


  • Subject: Re: Compare files?
  • From: Steve Mills <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:28:45 -0600

On Jan 22, 2006, at 14:06:04, Andy Lee <email@hidden> wrote:

If you have TextWrangler, "twdiff fileA fileB" is the analogous
command.  I much prefer TextWrangler's diff because I can edit the
files while diffing them.

Yes, I wish Apple would've built the FileMerge UI into Xcode instead of having to spawn another app. Before I check any code in, I diff all checked out files to make sure all the changes were meant to be checked in. If I see that I've added a new method to a class, but I'm not sure if I ended up using it, I want to search the entire project to see if it's used. In order to do this now, I have to select the method name, Copy, switch back to Xcode, Find in Files, Paste, hit Return. Much more cumbersome than select, command-e, command-option- f, Return.


And yeah, saving changes. I don't understand why FileMerge can't just save back to the original file. It always asks where I want to save it, so I have to navigate to the right folder, make sure the name is right, save, hit Replace, then go back to Xcode and click the button when it asks if I want to reload the file.

This is a gigantic step backwards when compared to being able to do a Recursive Diff in CodeWarrior with the Perforce plugin, and it would open all diff'd files in their own window. Changes made there are saved right back to the actual files.

Apple: Come ON! :)

Steve Mills
Drummer, Mac geek
http://sjmills5.home.mchsi.com/

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