Guiffy SureMerge is a data comparison utility. In addition to comparing files, the program is capable of doing side-by-side comparison of directories and archives.[1] The program is also capable of performing automatic 3-way file merges. It is available for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Unix operating systems.
Developer(s) | Guiffy Software |
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Stable release | 12.3 (build 570)
/ May 7, 2024 |
Operating system | Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix |
Platform | Cross-platform |
Size | 12.5 MB |
Type | Data comparison |
License | Proprietary |
Website | www |
Reception
editIn December 2002, Guiffy SureMerge was awarded five out of five cows by Tucows on all 3 platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux).[citation needed] Scott Swedorski, editor-in-chief and founder of Tucows, said, "To our knowledge, Guiffy is the first multi-platform application to receive 5 Cows for all versions."[2][3][4][5]
In June 2006, Guiffy Suremerge received the Jolt Productivity Award. Rick Wayne, a Jolt Award judge, said, "Guiffy Software's SureMerge uses an advanced set of three-way merge algorithms to detect potentially dangerous conflicts other tools might miss."[6]
In a November 2008 review, Guiffy SureMerge was awarded five out of five stars by CNET.[citation needed] The reviewers found Guiffy SureMerge to be a "tool with serious muscle and a much easier, more intuitive interface than you'll find on any freeware package".[7][failed verification]
Features
edit- Automatic 3-way file merge [8]
- Highlight the differences within the line
- Compare views saved as reports (in HTML)
- Support for ASCII, MBCS, Unicode character encoding and editing
- Syntax highlighting
- Ignore of case, white space, comments, regular expressions
- Folder compare of file trees with explorer expand/collapse interface
- Folder compares of archive files (.zip, .tar, .jar and several variants)
- 64 bit supports file diff/merge > 2GB
- Image diff tool
- Binary diff tool
- Command line interfaces
- Java API [9]
- Eclipse and NetBeans plugins
- Shell (desktop) integration on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
- SCM integrations including: Perforce, Git, and Subversion [10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Guiffy features". Guiffy Software. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- ^ "Three 5-Cows Rating" (Press release). Guiffy Software. 2002-12-09. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- ^ "5-Cows Windows Rating". Tucows. 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2014-09-12.[dead link]
- ^ "5-Cows Mac Rating". Tucows. 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2014-09-12.[dead link]
- ^ "5-Cows Linux Rating". Tucows. 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2014-09-12.[dead link]
- ^ "2006 Jolt Awards". Dr. Dobb's Journal. 2006-06-01. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- ^ "CNET editors' 5 Stars review". CNET. 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- ^ "3-Way Auto Merge". Guiffy Software. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
- ^ "Guiffy Java API". Guiffy Software. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
- ^ "SCM Integrations". Guiffy Software. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
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