Re: File Merge
Re: File Merge
- Subject: Re: File Merge
- From: "Sean McBride" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:24:58 -0400
- Organization: Rogue Research Inc.
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:14:45 +0200, Jean-Daniel Dupas said:
>>> I find FileMerge app a real handy tool, beats diff tool anytime. It
>>> would be nice, if there is a swap (button) feature to swap with left &
>>> right files.
>>>
>>> How do I suggest this to Xcode team ?
>>
>> Don't bother*. FileMerge has not been updated in years. It still can't
>> even diff files with different line endings.
>>
>
>Wrong, it has been updated one or two year ago to uses the same diff
>view than Xcode and can ignore white space if you ask it to do so (in
>preferences).
>
>> There are great 3rd party alternatives: Araxis Merge, TextWrangler,
>> BBEdit, TextMate, etc.
>>
>> * Do file bugs in general, but don't bother for FileMerge.
>
>
>That's probably thanks to the reports filled against the FileMerge tool
>that we have a decent tool now, so do bother to fill a request.
Well, to each his own. I've filed several bugs against FileMerge and
none have ever been fixed. If you spend lots of time diffing, FileMerge
is a weak tool compared to its competition. You can't even type in the
left and right sides!
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Sean McBride, B. Eng email@hidden
Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada
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