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Re: feature request for ediff
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David Masterson |
Subject: |
Re: feature request for ediff |
Date: |
01 Nov 2001 16:41:24 -0800 |
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>>>>> agrawal writes:
> ediff is extremely useful, but seems a bit clunky for diffing
> directory trees. As far as I can tell, one must descend through the
> directory tree "by hand", checking each directory for any
> differences between files. It seems preferable to have a recursive
> option, where ediff would do a diff -r <dir1> <dir2>, and then let
> the user browse through only those directories that have
> differences.
Are you suggesting that it popup a new ediff buffer for each (pair
of?) files that it find different? All at once or one at a time?
What would it do with binary files?
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David Masterson dmaster AT synopsys DOT com
Sr. R&D Engineer Synopsys, Inc.
Software Engineering Sunnyvale, CA