Re: Why doesn't FileMerge work?
Re: Why doesn't FileMerge work?
- Subject: Re: Why doesn't FileMerge work?
- From: Gerd Knops <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:54:13 -0500
On Mar 19, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Chris Espinosa wrote:
On Mar 19, 2008, at 4:32 PM, Gerd Knops wrote:
On Mar 19, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Chris Espinosa wrote:
On Mar 19, 2008, at 3:38 PM, Jim Prouty wrote:
At 6:25 PM -0700 3/18/08, email@hidden
wrote:
Well, FileMerge has a fairly abysmal UI and we haven't updated
it in
many years. We're addressing that.
The main issue is that you're comparing a newline-delimited file
against a Return-delimited file. Whoever mailed you the source
code
revision converted the file to a different line endings, and you
have
to convert it back in order to compare it.
It's 2008, and comparing files with different line endings is a
"solved
problem". Apple should do better by its developers.
You might want to check out the integrated SCM file merge in Xcode
proper, which a) is growing to address all the cases covered by
FileMerge (but hasn't yet) and b) does this properly.
We're not investing in fixing the creaky old FileMerge because
we've been diligently replacing it with an integrated function
that works right.
Bummer, I was looking forward to FileMerge enhancements as I do
most my Cocoa programming in TextMate (though with Xcode3
xcodebuild has become almost unbearable, frequently spending
extended amounts of time in the "Checking Dependencies..." phase).
There are a number of good stand-alone diff applications, including
Changes (http://changesapp.com/index.php) and Araxis Merge (http://www.araxis.com/merge_mac/index.html
).
True. Though after 15 some years it is hard to say goodbye to a
trusted companion...
You filed a bug on the xcodebuild delays on 10/27/07 and we replied
on 10/29 with a workaround, and the fix is available in the Xcode
3.1 Beta.
Never received the response with the workaround (just tripple checked)
and bug reporter doesn't list it either. What is that workaround?
Thanks
Gerd
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