I haven't tested it, but I hope the alternative diff coloration makes it easier to see single-word/space insertions and deletions within a line (which is something I often fail to notice in mainline KDiff3). Since in a real-world scenario, its always possible to compare two XML files with a difference in whitespace, its best to ignore white space while comparing XML files and thankfully XMLUnit can be configured to ignore whitespace by using static method tIgnoreWhitespace(true). I stopped following KDiff3 development and decided to pin 1.8.5 on my system, which actually works.Īnother fork of KDiff3 is.

Share Improve this answer Follow answered at 3:14 Conrad. Now only the details that matter in the diff will show up. Unfortunately versions starting at 1.9.0 are drastically buggier than 1.8.5: Ctrl+C being incorrectly enabled and disabled ( ), merge errors (, fixed), drastic slowdown when loading CRLF files (, fixed), recurring assertion errors (didn't personally encounter, but, ), large chunks of Git history producing unusable binaries that corrupt memory or print assertion errors when loading files, etc. Then search for ' patch ' and click on General > Compare/Patch.

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