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Winmerge - Way to make identical lines not to be shown when compare 2 files?

When I compare 2 large files
I used winmerge
It is a great tool that can find the delta between 2 files

In my case
Each of 2 files nearly contains 3000 lines
And there are some lines ONLY contain changes

Any Way to make identical lines in both files not to be shown when compare?
And show ONLY lines that have deltas?

To can inspect only DELTA lines and minimize scrolling overhead hover too long vertical files comparison result

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ahmednabil88 Avatar asked Jun 16 '15 11:06

ahmednabil88


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1 Answers

In version 2.16 you can go to menu View - Diff Context and select 0 lines. This will only make visible the different lines in 2 files, and hide the rest.

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Alin Oltean Avatar answered Sep 25 '22 02:09

Alin Oltean