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I want to compare two files in visual studio (files containing stored procs)
So I want to ignore all the "Capital" / "Small" differences in the file.
I opened the command window and used Tools.DiffFiles but its taking the case difference also into consideration
P.S I have already seen this question and answers for it
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locate the required file in the Solution Explorer window, right-click it and choose Compare Selected File in the context menu; open the required file in Visual Studio, right-click the required document name in the document tab well and in the document's context menu select Compare Current File.
Compare selected filesSelect two files in Solution Explorer and right-click to bring up the context menu. Then select Selected Files to see them side-by-side in the diff view.
Even if you're not using version control, you can use the Diff window in Visual Studio to compare two files. To open the Diff window directly in Visual Studio, you can use the devenv.exe tool with the /diff option from the Developer Command Prompt to compare any two files on your computer.
VS Code actually is a good tool for comparison, Open VS Code with the files you are going to compare. Right-Click one file you want to compare => Select for Compare.
Although Visual Studio is asked for explicitly, I recommend a different tool: WinMerge.
It indeed has many options for comparing and merging files. It lacks a 3-way-merge though. Of course WinMerge can optionally ignore case.
Visual Studio can be configured so you can call WinMerge using "Tools / External Tools ...". Then you may even install a toolbar item for it. Quite nice!
Most version control systems allow you to use WinMerge as a compare tool. For example for TFS you open the "Tools / Options ..." menu and there you choose "Source Control / Visual Studio Team Foundation Server". Click on the button "Configure User Tools".
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