Diff (from <oXygen/> XML Diff)
Syncro SVN Client
offers both directory and file comparison, six different
diff algorithms to choose from for file comparison and multiple levels of
comparison. The complete diff solution includes two XML diff
algorithms (XML Fast and XML Accurate), one
Syntax Aware algorithm that gives very good results on all file
types known by
Syncro SVN Client
and three all-purpose algorithms: line based, word based
and character based. Any algorithm can be used to perform differences on request, but
Syncro SVN Client
offers also an automatic selection of the algorithm,
selecting the most appropriate one based on the files' content and size. The Diff preferences panel is opened from menu → +Diff - Default algorithm
Select from the list the algorithm that will be used as default when you open
the Compare files dialog Auto makes an automatic selection of the diff
algorithm, based on the files' content and size. Characters computes the differences at character
level. Words computes the differences at word level.. Lines computes the differences at line level. Syntax aware : for the file types known by
Syncro SVN Client
, this algorithm computes the differences
taking into consideration the syntax of the documents. XML Fast is designed for XML documents. It works better
than XML Accurate on large files, but it is less precise. XML Accurate is designed for XML documents. It works
best on smaller XML files and it is most precise.
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XML Fast and XML Accurate work for XML documents. If you'll try to use them for
other types of files, you'll be prompted with the message "content not allowed in
prolog" |
- Ignore whitespaces
This option, if checked, allows the diff algorithm to ignore the whitespaces.
Ignoring whitespace means that before the strings are compared they are first
normalized and then the whitespace at the beginning and the end of the strings is
trimmed. - LCS - Maximum number of differences
This option allows you to specify the maximum number of differences between your
documents that you might be interested to see (using the Longest Common Subsequence
Algorithm). If the number of differences is larger than the one specified here,
you'll be notified by the message "Too many differences". - XML Diff Options
This set of options allows you to specify the types of differences that will be
ignored in the XML Fast and XML Accurate algorithms: in node / type: Processing instructions Comments CDATA DOCTYPE Text
in namespaces / prefixes Namespaces Prefixes Namespace declarations
in the attributes order
- Merge adjacent differences
If checked, it considers adjacent differences as one and they are presented in
this way in the side-by-side editors. If unchecked, every difference is represented
separately. - Mark end tags as different for modified elements
If checked, end tags of modified elements are presented as differences. - Ignore expansion state for empty elements
If checked, empty elements in both expansion states are considered
matched.
For the directories comparison you can specify the
criterion for the component files comparison and a default file filter. Directories Comparison - Look in archives:
If checked, the Diff directories comparator will treat archives known by
Syncro SVN Client
as directories and show differences also between files inside them. - Compare files by:
The methods used to compare the files in diff directories. Content - The files content is compared using the current diff algorithm. Also all the xml diff options are used at comparison. Binary Compare - The files are compared at byte level. Timestamp (last modified date/time) - The files timestamp is
compared.
- Default file filter
specifies the file filter that is set by default in the File
filter combo box of the Compare
Directories window each time this window is opened from the
Tools menu.
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