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WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows

WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.

Project site: winmerge.org

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How to change WinMerge font size?

How can I change WinMerge font size and perhaps the font type? Is it possible?
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Can I replace internal diff in Total Commander with a custom tool?

Since I don't really like Total Commander's internal diff Compare Contents used in Compare by content and Synchronize Dirs → Compare left & right, I want to use something else like WinMerge or KDiff3. Is this possible to launch an external program…
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Get recursive list of different files in Winmerge (without folder tree/structure)

I prefer Winmerge to Diffmerge, but the one thing I envy is Diffmerge's folder diff feature. Diffmerge shows, for complicated folders and subfolders, only different files (not folders). Winmerge shows different files and equal files and…
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How to Use WinMerge as the Diff tool for Mercurial

I'm using the Mercurial distributed version control system, and I'm wondering how I can configure it to use WinMerge instead of its own internal diff tool. I've already got WinMerge as the merge tool, but I want Mercurial to use WinMerge when I…
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How to view only the differences in WinMerge

I have two text documents with 1000 lines each and there are (let's say) 50 lines that are highlighted as different. Is there a way to view/extract only those lines that differ, either with a filter or perhaps a way to sort to get the differences at…
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WinMerge: How to exclude *.bak and *.tmp files?

How do I include all files and exclude *.bak and *.tmp files in WinMerge compare dialog window? =========== WinMerge Dialog Window =========== Left: [Folder-A] [ OK ] Right: [Folder-B] [ Cancel ] Filter: *.* …
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Can I compare only file contents?

I want to compare two folders, each having about 5-6 thousands files and folders. Among these probably 0.1% would be actually different but WinMerge first shows all files saying "text files are different" and when I open these files one by one it…
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How to show the exact difference of words in WinMerge?

Can I setup WinMerge so that it shows me the exact difference of single words? Up to now the whole word/phrase is highlighted, even if only one character is different (see picture for an example). The URL in line 11 is highlighted completely, even…
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How to use WinMerge Excel plugin?

I know this works, because of this question - https://superuser.com/questions/18626/how-do-i-compare-two-excel-documents I have installed Newest WinMerge and http://freemind.s57.xrea.com/xdocdiffPlugin/en/index.html newest plugin(I copied the 2…
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Can I use WinMerge to compare *.class files?

I used to work with BeyondCompare and it was able to compare *.class files by configuring it to run a decompiler before comparison. Is there something like that for WinMerge? Or a plug-in that can do it instead?
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How do I reload files in WinMerge after making changes?

I have two files named file1.txt and file2.txt. After using WinMerge to compare both files, I use Notepad++ to edit file2.txt and save my changes. These new changes don't appear in WinMerge unless I re-select both files for a new comparison. Is…
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Why doesn't WinMerge filter .git folders although the FileFilter is in effect?

When comparing git repo clones, I am annoyed by the appearance of the .git folder and its contents in the directory compare tab. In the Tools -> Filters... dialog, I have the Exclude Source Control filter in the FileFilters list. Examining this…
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Compare two directories recursively, except for \bin\ and \obj\

I'm trying to use WinMerge to compare two directories: C:\Users...\Desktop\Compare\35_A C:\Users...\Desktop\Compare\35_HS ## This is a directory/file filter for WinMerge ## This filter lets through only files ASP.NET developers care about name:…
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How can I compare the contents of .pdf files, excluding filenames from comparison?

I usually use WinMerge to view the differences between files, but in this case it doesn't help. The files I'm comparing are known to have different filenames, which is creating false positives when 2 files with the same document inside have…
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Empty folders in WinMerge compare?

Is there any way to filter these via the command line so they don't show up. The only thing I've found is that you can hide an item one by one but that's impractical with many folders. There's nothing under these file wise, it just shows as…
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