
Strong featuresĪside for core comparing function (which is not that hard to implement) WinMerge goes extra mile to allow to customize and tweak how comparisons work. Interface is multi-windowed and can hold multiple comparisons (file or folder either) at the same time. It is bit of file manager and sync tool, bit of text editor and a lot of text comparison. What it doesīasically app compares files or directories to precisely find differences and allow you to work with those conveniently. I wanted to recommend something free, light and convenient (instead of heavier stuff I use generally) and remembered WinMerge.

One of those tasks you can’t expect human to do reliably (browsing several hundreds of files and thousand of lines – yeaaaah), but computers are wickedly good at.

I have been hanging out in Theme Hybrid forums lately (it is research for new theme, not having fun solving obscure code puzzles, honestly! :) One of recent inquiries was how to determine if files were modified and what was changed.
