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Have had very mixed findings. Any suggestions.
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I have been using this for years. Some in my shop use it as well. It can do all sorts of directory and directory file compares. it can even compare and merge three files at the same time if you want.
Its not free, but it is not too expensive either. $60 US, for the pro version.
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I second the use of BeyondCompare. 60$ lifetime license for the pro version and it's easily the best out there, and I tried many.
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I downloaded the trial version. Looks pretty good. Thanx
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Greetings Kind Regards May I please inquire for curiosity only why one needs a folder/file compare app? - Best - Cheerio
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To merge different code branches. A good file/tree compare utility pays itself dozens of times when merging, especially if the branches are wildly different (which happens when variant or stability lines are involved).
Git has its own but it's rough and sometimes ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) up royally, it's also quite unergonomic. One of the best I ever used is the discontinued WinDiff, which can't manage paths longer than 64 characters (it's OLD).
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Thank You for your Kind Informative reply. I must admit though ignorance re/ such things as code branches, merging, variant lines, stability lines, etc. As near as I can discern one attempts to somehow merge different versions of the same file into one file perhaps because different programmers altered it simultaneously presumably altering different parts or merge different groups of files into one group also for the same reason so I conclude the diff/merge utility is useful for projects w/ multiple developers. - Thank You again - Best - Cheerio
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Not only different programmers at the same time (which will happen, especially for core files that offer shared functionalities) but in many situations.
1) Different variants for different customers (or platforms). This is standard operations on embedded devices because every OEM has different requirements in term of input data, diagnostic data, safety behavior... it's also common on multiplatform softwares for the various tweaks necessary to make it work.
What happens in this case is that you will have an evolving software base with new cross-platform or cross-customer functionalities and periodically you'd have to merge the current custom versions in the main development branch.
2) Stability lines. You deploy version 1 then start working on version 2. Customer with version 1 finds a bug, you branch from 1 and fix it for v 1.01. Now you have version 2 with the bug and version 1.01 with the fix so you'd want to port the bugfix from v 1.01 to v2. The contrary may happen: you find an unwanted behavior while working on version 2 and need or want to update the version 1 for the customers that are using it.
3) Different features developed at the same time / different approaches tested simultaneously. Say you need to filter an output, you create three branches with three different filtering approaches (e.g. moving average, moving median, straight average), build and test them and then merge the chosen approach in the main branch.
Once you get the hang of it using branches to organize work becomes second nature.
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Git is a overkill and one better pay attention. I liked Windiff, but, yes, path names a problem.
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Wordle 297 3/6
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 a very successful starter
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 no need for a second starter
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 we do have some of those!
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Wordle 297 5/6*
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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Wordle 297 4/6
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My regular 3 starters turned it into a simple anagram.
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Wordle 297 6/6
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Just managed to solve it.
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Three today!
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I would have got it in two, but I went for a more common letter set. 
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I suspect my 3rd try is the same as your 2nd - i.e. the more common letters:
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Wordle 297 4/6
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Bow down to the king!
Wordle 297 3/6*
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3/6
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Wordle 297 4/6
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Very cool. Best of luck with it. 
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... and over in the walled orchard?
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