Araxis Merge
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Araxis Merge is a two and three-way visual file comparison (diff), merging and folder synchronization application for Windows and Mac OS X, created by Araxis Ltd. The article Comparison of file comparison tools
Comparison of file comparison tools
-General:Basic general information about file comparison software.-Compare Features:-API / Editor Features:-Other features:Some other features which did not fit in previous table-Aspects:What aspects can be / are compared?...

 compares a number of file comparison applications, including Merge.

Features

  • Two and three-way visual file and folder hierarchy comparison
  • Full support for ASCII
    ASCII
    The American Standard Code for Information Interchange is a character-encoding scheme based on the ordering of the English alphabet. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that use text...

    , MBCS
    MBCS
    MBCS can refer to:*Member of the British Computer Society - denoting membership at a professional level* multi-byte character set - a class of character encodings in computing...

     and Unicode
    Unicode
    Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...

     character encodings (and input method editors)
  • Text, image and binary file comparison
  • Changes highlighted in color, with linking lines connecting related portions of files
  • Point-and-click merging
  • In-place editing of files
  • Comparison of cut-and-pasted text, as well as files on disk
  • Unlimited undo
  • Automatic intelligent merging of files and folders in a three-way comparison
  • File comparison integrated with folder comparison
  • Creation Standalone HTML
    HTML
    HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....

     and XML
    XML
    Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....

     reports of file and folder comparisons
  • Print/print-preview
  • Command-line interface
  • Automation/AppleScript and plugin APIs
  • Direct access to files and folders on Perforce
    Perforce
    Perforce is a commercial, proprietary, centralized revision control system developed by Perforce Software, Inc.-Architecture:Perforce is a client/server system.The server manages a central database and a master repository of file versions....

     and Subversion repositories
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