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Nicolab / atom-local-history

Atom package for maintaining local history of files.
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What is diff tool for and how to use? #54

Closed DaSniper12 closed 7 years ago

DaSniper12 commented 7 years ago

Hello Nicolab or anyone,

I use your local history package and I am wondering what is the diff tool for and how to use it, windows.

Regards, Aditya A

Nicolab commented 7 years ago

Hello,

Any diff tool which can be started with a command. See the doc.

I use Meld (it's the value by default of local-history), it works on Windows and Linux.

DaSniper12 commented 7 years ago

Hello,

Okay, I see meld, but I think I need to rephrase my question, What is a diff tool?

Regards

Nicolab commented 7 years ago

In this case, when you have two or more versions of a file. It help for comparing and merging the content.

For more details:

It's explained, the best to get an idea is to read and test a diff tool.