Beyond Compare
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Beyond Compare is a data comparison utility.
Aside from comparing files, the program is capable of doing side-by-side comparison of directories, FTP and SFTP directories, Dropbox directories, Amazon S3 directories, and archives.
It is available for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux operating systems.
A strength of Beyond Compare is that it can be configured as difftool and mergetool of version control systems, such as git. [1].
Rules
Minor diffs
Sometimes you don't want to see minor differences.
- Load a pair of DFM files showing the difference.
- Click the Session Settings button (aka Rules w/ umpire icon) or use the Session ⇨ Session Settings menu item.
- Switch to the GuiKeyword|Importance tab}} then click the Edit Grammar... button to open a second dialog.
- Click the New... button below the top listbox to open a third dialog.
- Change the Element Name option to something like Explicit*, change the Text Matching to Explicit(Left|Top|Width|Height) = \d+ and check the Match character case and Regular expression checkboxes, then click Ok, then click Ok again in the second dialog.
- Explicit* should now appear in the original dialog's Grammar Elements list.
- Uncheck it, then change the combobox at the bottom of the dialog from Use for this view only to Update session defaults.
