NAME¶
dirdiff - display differences and merge changes between directory trees
SYNOPSIS¶
dirdiff [-a|--all] [-o|--only pattern]
[-I|--ignore pattern] [-r|--rcs]
[-t|--bktag] [-c|--context num] [-b]
[-w] [-B] [-i] [-d] [-S] [-k]
dir1 dir2 ...
OPTIONS¶
- -a,--all
- Don't exclude any files.
- -o,--only pattern
- Only process files matching pattern.
- -I,--ignore pattern
- Don't process files matching pattern.
- -r,--rcs
- Ignore differences in RCS strings.
- -t,--bktag
- Ignore differences in Bitkeeper strings.
- -c,--context num
- Set number of lines of context to show.
- -b,-w,-B,-i,-d
- Pass these on to diff.
- -S
- Show files that are the same in the file list.
- -K
- Enable bitkeeper support.
DESCRIPTION¶
Dirdiff is a graphical tool for displaying the differences between
directory trees (up to 5) and for merging changes from one tree into another.
At startup,
dirdiff displays a main window with a list of the files that
are different between the trees. Colored squares are used to indicate the
relative ages of the versions. Files are like leaves on a deciduous tree: the
newest ones are green, and then they turn yellow, orange, and red as they get
older. Missing files are black, and directories are white.
To see the differences between two versions of a file, double-click on the file
name. By default, the first and last versions are compared, but this can be
changed using the
Diff menu in the main window. In the differences
window, there are checkboxes to the left of all the sections which are
different. You can use button 1 to select an individual checkbox, or
shift-button 1 or button 3 to select a whole group. Selecting a line means
that you are asking for that change to be made when you update either of the
files using the Merge menu. The line will be removed if it is already present
or added if it is not present.
To copy from one tree to another, click on the file name and select the
appropriate copy operation from the
Copy menu of the main window.
Selecting
Make patch from the
File menu of the main window
produces a file describing the changes between the files that can be applied
by the patch tool. You can edit the patch before saving, and may wish to add
explanatory text, instructions, or patch
Prereq lines at the beginning.
To save the patch, enter a filename in the patch window relative to the
current directory, and choose
Save. This will also close the window.
If you are sending out patches, then the
from directory should be the
original version of the source. Try to make sure that the two files have the
same number of leading directories. See the
patch(1) man page for more
information.
NOTES¶
Dirdiff needs to be able to load the
libfilecmp.so.0.0 shared
library for the -r or -t flags to work.
SEE ALSO¶
diff(1) patch(1)
AUTHOR¶
Paul Mackerras