How to tell WinMerge to ignore binary files in folder compare?

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ysap picture ysap · May 21, 2014 · Viewed 7.4k times · Source

Is it possible to make WinMerge ignore binary files and do only text files comparison when comparing folders?

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MFT picture MFT · May 21, 2014

Winmerge does not detect file structures to check if they are text or binaries. However, you can create filters based on filenames or extensions to ignore certain files.

Using filters

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