Options Window: Miscellaneous: Diff
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You use this panel to specify the Diff Engine to use when comparing file revisions.
If you use an external diff engine you can set diff command options in this panel.
You can access this panel by choosing Tools > Options from the main menu, clicking the Miscellaneous category and then clicking the Diff tab.
You can select the following diff engine options:
- Internal Diff. If selected, the IDE uses its internal diff engine.
When using the internal diff engine, you can let the engine ignore white spaces
and changes in case.
The former option is selected by default.
- External Diff. If selected, the IDE uses an external command-line diff executable.
You can specify any diff command options (for example, diff -b) to be used when running the diff command from a command-line executable in the IDE.
Diff options are not availabe when using the built-in diff engine.
- To use this option, you must have a command-line diff executable installed on your system if you want to compare revisions.
- See Also
- Comparing File Revisions in CVS
- Resolving Merge Conflicts
- Comparing Two Files in the IDE
- Using the Options Window
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