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Re: File Merge
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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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