Compare directory using winmerge?

Question

I have two different directories and i am making a script which identify that if different directories have the same file name with different changes.i am trying with winmerge commaline option as below .. WinMergeU C:\Folder\File.txt C:\Folder2

and i also want to merge the all changes into the one file.

Please suggest me on this.

thanks

Sailesh

So you want to find out the differences between the common files in two directories and merge those changes into one of the files. Is that correct? – Essy

yes i want that only,could you please help me on this – Sailesh

Checking the "include subfolders" option when selecting folders to compare is the real answer to this question. – Caseate

Answer 1

When I compare folders with WinMerge, I go to File->Open, select folders and check the 'Include subfolders' check-box. Then in the View menu I switch on the Tree View and switch off Show Identical Items.

Territory

Answer 2

Here is the manual from Winmerge explaining on comparing two different folders -

https://manual.winmerge.org/en/Compare_dirs.html

Windermere

I have to dig through each (sub, sub-) folder to see if there are identical or different files in there... also after looking at the manual. What am I doing wrong? – Kesler

Check the box "Include Subfolders" in the dialog in which you select the folders to compare, and you will get a flat view (i.e. not a directory structure) of all files in the target folders and all their subfolders. – Amputee

Answer 3

The answer from Stanislav works well from the user interface.

From the command line (documentation), you need the flag /r to do the comparison recursively:

WinMergeU /r Folder1 Folder2

Then, as mentioned in Stanislav's post, you can go to the View Menu and Check the "Tree Mode" and uncheck "Show Identical Items" to get a clearer view of the differences.

Koumis