Top "Diff" questions

The act of identifying differences between two or more files in order to support various software development activities (bug tracking, patch creation, ...)

Good diff tools under Ubuntu GNOME

Could somebody give me some recommendations on diff tools on Ubuntu? Actually what I need is not just file comparison, …

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Mercurial - all files that changed in a changeset?

How can you determine all the files that changed in a given changeset? I'm not looking for a diff in …

mercurial diff changeset
compare contents of two directories on remote server using unix

I am new to unix and need some help here. I have two directories present on two different server. both …

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Using 'diff' (or anything else) to get character-level diff between text files

I'd like to use 'diff' to get a both line difference between and character difference. For example, consider: File 1 abcde …

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Using jq or alternative command line tools to compare JSON files

Are there any command line utilities that can be used to find if two JSON files are identical with invariance …

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How can I diff 2 files while ignoring leading white space

I have 2 source files, they are different versions of the same thing. However, one has been through a different editor …

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Any decent text diff/merge engine for .NET?

Requirements: free, preferably open-source implemented in one of the .NET managed langs Google found these: A Generic, Reusable Diff Algorithm …

.net merge diff
Coloring white space in git-diff's output

Regarding code formatting I'm kind of purist :). I very often remove unnecessary white spaces (lines with only ws, ws at …

git colors diff whitespace
Easiest Way To Diff Two Table Schemas In SQL Server 2008?

I have to do checks between a development and release database and do this manually, which is both slow and …

sql database sql-server-2008 schema diff
how to make svn diff show only non-whitespace line changes between two revisions

I can get diffs between two revisions using something like svn diff -r 100:200 > file.diff But the problem is …

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