Meld

Meld is a visual diff and merge tool. You can compare two or three files and edit them in place (diffs update dynamically). You can compare two or three folders and launch file comparisons.

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meld is a visual diff and merge tool. you can compare two or three files and edit them in place (diffs update dynamically). you can compare two or three folders and launch file comparisons. you can browse and view a working copy from popular version control systems such such as cvs, subversion, bazaarng and mercurial. written with python and gtk.

requirements:python 2.6gtk+/pygtk 2.14glib/pygobject 2.16gtksourceview/pygtksourceview 2.10 (optional)

note: there are ports to mac but the app doesn't "officially" run on mac.

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Syntax Highlighting Folder Comparison Real Time Comparison Compare Source Code

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Last updated: 2020-07-03 01:30:33

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