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> Most people and tools work with Unified Diffs. They look like this:

No I don’t. That plus-minus single column view is complete and total trash. Always has been, always will be.

I’ve used Araxis Merge for almost 20 years. Beyond Compare 3 is also a good choice. Not once in my entire life career have I ever relied on a “unified diff” or a “patch” or any of that garbage.



What? Diffs and patches are orthogonal to what tools you use to view or merge them. The format defined by TFA is not necessarily meant for human consumption either.


> Diffs and patches are orthogonal to what tools you use to view or merge them

Diffs and patches are not the foundation. You don’t have to use them at all.


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