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#GUIFFY REVIEW UPDATE#
#GUIFFY REVIEW PRO#
#GUIFFY REVIEW SOFTWARE#
#GUIFFY REVIEW CODE#
#GUIFFY REVIEW LICENSE#

Here is a shot with the files back the way they were but I added 4 spaces and it found the diffs as you would expect:Īnd here are the same files with the Ignore Leading and Trailing Whitespace option checked (nice option when you have who knows how many developers imprinting their formatting ideas on your source code: I wonder if there is any diff tool that WILL do a line by line comparison like what I described? Anyone know of one? You can see all I did was swap positions of the Main() method from bottom to top but it still counted it as different. Well, that’s kind of a bummer but not unexpected.

#GUIFFY REVIEW CODE#

Here is Guiffy with a diff of the same two code files with one of the files re-arranged but no code changes other than rearranging: Here is Guiffy with a diff of two code files which are the same, pretty much what you would expect. Nice and simple without an overwhelming array features on the main screen. I really like the clean lines of this program. Here is a picture of how Guiffy looks right after startup. This is not some indirect advertising or some way to push more business to Guiffy.

#GUIFFY REVIEW SOFTWARE#

Let me preface this review of mine by saying it is a review of how I see the program and how I felt working with it as well as my impressions from a software developer point of view.

#GUIFFY REVIEW LICENSE#

Price: $66 Single User / $132 3-User (1 license runs on all platforms).

#GUIFFY REVIEW PRO#

Some of them are very expensive for what it does like Araxis, $269 for the pro license is a bit much to me – more than most professional text editors!

Finally, I would really like to not have to take a loan out to buy a diff tool.

I would like to be able to tell if one folder has different files in it from another folder – recursively too (not sure if the recursive is a bit much in terms of processing but it would be cool).

I want to be able to print my diff results side by side with line numbers – sometimes I just like to read the code without the computer in front of me.

That’s probably asking too much and at this stage I don’t remember how well any of my diff tools does this but I like the idea. moving functions around, reformatting, etc.) is that really a different file? If no other changes were made then what is the real difference? To me it’s just layout sugar but I would like the diff tool to be able to ‘know’ that the code is basically the same.

When a newer version of a file has been reorganized (ie.

Does the tool do a diff completely by ‘reading’ the files you are comparing and show true differences or does it do a line by line diff with no real intelligence? (I know this is not so common anymore but I have seen it on the lower end, free, tools).

So, what to review? There are a ton of features in the top diff tools these days from basic file compare, to editing, to 3-way merging, to folder diffs and a slew of others, but what I am most interested in is the following: Those are just a few things off the top of my mind I like to avoid with a diff tool. Some of them don’t print print properly, some diff like the old style command line diff with the results on top of each other which really is a pain to visualize the differences (csDiff anyone?). I have tried many, many diff tools but I always seem to find some issue with them and move on. The content below has been modified accordingly.

#GUIFFY REVIEW UPDATE#

Update – : In response to a couple of issues that were found Guiffy released a new build 270 ( Build 270 includes 3 bug fixes: 396-398) which resolved all of the issues below.

Sometimes good thing increase in price over time but it sure it nice when the price goes down but not the quality! Update – : Guiffy has recently reduced the price for their Diff/Merge tool: was $79 now it is $59 – how cool is that?!!! There are also tiered steps for multi-user licensing for the team and/or enterprise. Certainly a good selling point.Ĭode: The code snippet I used comes from a very cool site called Java2S.Com (I just made 2 copies and munged them a bit). This is not a closed ended review since it takes a long time to get a review done well I tend to add more layers as time goes on: this is no different.įYI: I did this review of Guiffy (trial) on OS X however it runs on Linux (all flavors), OS X, Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and other Java platforms. What I am trying to say is that I have yet to find a Diff/Merge tool that sets perfect with me and I suspect it’s more of the developer/designer in me that’s always looking for the next feature. I also own an older version of ExamDiff Pro, and a multitude of others.

Let me be up front: I own v8.x of Guiffy and really like it a great deal but I don’t own v9.x. There are a multitude of Diff/Merge Utilities out there but this review will cover the Guiffy Diff/Merge Tool and Folder comparison utility v9.x. (if you rate this I would like to read your comments about your rating)