Find a decent free synching software

Satya - Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:50:08 AM

Possible alternatives

windiff - seem to be limited in functionality
winmerge - looks good. free source forge
synchit - costs 30$ 

Satya - Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:51:01 AM

winmerge help url

winmerge 2.x help

Satya - Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:52:40 AM

How can I exclude directories and files

These are called filters. These are done through filter files. See the documentation and see how these work.

Satya - Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:55:34 AM

How can I tell it to ignore the following directories and files

d:bin
.class
.classpath
.bak

annonymous - Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:56:27 AM

Has a decent merging capabilities

You can navigate to each change and merge them left or right. Similar to eclipse merging capabilities.

Satya - Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:19:01 AM

New homepage of winmerge

http://www.winmerge.org

Satya - Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:19:45 AM

Download winmerge

download the installer

Satya - Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:27:54 AM

Comparing directories

file/open
Pick two directories
You have to navigate into a directory to select

Satya - Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:34:16 AM

project fle syntax

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project>
        <paths>
                <left>c:\work\project1</left>
                <right>c:\work\project2</right>
                <filter>Visual C++ loose</filter>
                <subfolders>0</subfolders>
        </paths>
</project>

Satya - Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:58:26 AM

How to create the project file

1. Compare directories as indicated above.

2. Pick any filters you want

3. Do open file again.

4. You will see save project

5. Save project into a file

6. Then you can open the project when you need it