Comparing the contents of two files in Sublime Text

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LanceLafontaine picture LanceLafontaine · Sep 16, 2014 · Viewed 538.8k times · Source

I have two cloned repositories of two very similar open-source projects, which I have been working on in different instances in Sublime Text 2 to arrive at my desired result. Code from both of these projects was used. I have been using Git as version control for my project, but have not included the original projects. Thus, I would like to be able to quickly compare the contents of two files of the original project and compare the differences between them and my project.

I was hoping that Sublime Text 2 would have a "Compare File" feature, but I can't seem to find anything related to it in the settings or online. A third-party ST2 package to accomplish this task would also work well. Is such a task possible to do within the ST2 text editor?

Answer

Derek 朕會功夫 picture Derek 朕會功夫 · May 3, 2015

You can actually compare files natively right in Sublime Text.

  1. Navigate to the folder containing them through Open Folder... or in a project
  2. Select the two files (ie, by holding Ctrl on Windows or ⌘ on macOS) you want to compare in the sidebar
  3. Right click and select the Diff files... option.

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