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Don't know if the author of the post knows it is on HN, and his blog doesn't do comments... He talks about might wanting a different diff tool than Changes. M

Don't know if the author of the post knows it is on HN, and his blog doesn't do comments... He talks about might wanting a different diff tool than Changes. Might recommend Kaleidoscope (http://www.kaleidoscopeapp.com/ http://www.kaleidoscopeapp.com/). I like it, however the one thing that I do hate about it is the lack of a directory compare feature. It can only compare two files together.

cschmidt 15y ago
I like Araxis Merge, especially the edit in place feature. http://www.araxis.com/merge_mac/index.html http://www.araxis.com/merge_mac/index.html It does directory comparison. Kaleidoscope seemed pretty, but not as powerful.
- dabeeeenster 15y ago
  £79 for a file merge tool!?!?! I don't really like FileMerge, but that's crazy. I still can't find a decent free(ish) tool that is better than FileMerge...Anyone got any other suggestions?
  - cschmidt 15y ago
    Yes, it costs money. I've used the Mac version for several years now, and the windows version for maybe 10 years before that. I think I've had my money's worth. Given that it works for me better than anything else, the cost is nothing. I don't mind paying for software that makes my life better. It has a free 30 day trial, so give it a try and see if it is worth the money.
ldar15 15y ago
ECMerge Its the only one that does a proper 3-way merge: it has four views. Last time I used Araxis it showed three panes: theirs, base, ours, and you merged back into the center. Hello!!! "base" isn't much use halfway into a complicated merge if I can't tell which lines are "base" and what is "merged", nor can I refer to what was there before. So frustrating. Does directories too. http://www.elliecomputing.com/products/merge_overview.asp http://www.elliecomputing.com/products/merge_overview.asp