Re: Good Win32 Diff Program...

[Matthew Riechers]

Dennis Jones wrote:
> 
> Since he is using WinCVS, he probably wants to use a graphical diff tool
> (supported by WinCVS), and graphical diff tools are MUCH more useful than
> the command line cvs diff.

That's debatable ;-)

IMHO, GUI diff tools are only more useful when merging files by hand
(drag 'n drop lines, etc). This scenario should hardly come up under
typical use of CVS, since it merges for you. Readability of GUI or CLI
styles is a matter of taste. One thing a GUI diff *can not* do is
directly integrate with arbitrary development tools (i.e. SLOC report
generators, etc.)

-Matt

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Riechers" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 6:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Good Win32 Diff Program...
> 
> > Matt Keyes wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone have any good ideas?  I've gotten my WinCVS to interact correctly
> > > with CVS on a Linux server... now I'm looking for a good (free) diff
> > > program.  Thanks!
> > >
> > > Matt
> >
> > What features are you looking for? Have you tried 'cvs diff'? If so,
> > what else do you need?
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Info-cvs mailing list
> > address@hidden
> > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs