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xxdiff-20220318p6

graphical file comparator and merge tool

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Description

xxdiff, a graphical file comparator and merge tool -------------------------------------------------- xxdiff is a file comparator and merge tool. It is an open-source replacement for Rudy Wortel's xdiff which comes with SGI machines (which was itself inspired by SGI's gdiff). xxdiff can be used to graphically display differences between two (eventually three) files. It can also be used to merge two files together, by allowing the user to select regions and save the results of the selection. It is also an aid in code reviewing, as it allows a reviewer to look at the pieces of changed code and save selected portions of the code to an editor to make comments (horizontal diffs make reviewing much easier, especially for a long list of files).

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Ports path
textproc/xxdiff
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
textproc, x11, lang/python
Available flavors
None listed
Only for architectures
aarch64, amd64, arm, i386, mips64, mips64el, powerpc, powerpc64, riscv64, alpha, hppa, sparc64

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