WinMerge 2.16.4 (stable) released

Tim Gerundt — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 22:14:26 -0000

Few days ago, Takashi Sawanaka released WinMerge 2.16.4, a new stable version with bugfixes and translation updates.

The new version can be downloaded from:

WinMerge 2.16.2 (stable) released

Tim Gerundt — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 20:41:15 -0000

Takashi Sawanaka has released WinMerge 2.16.2, a new stable version with bugfixes and translation updates.

The new version can be downloaded from:

WinMerge 2.16.0 (stable) released

Tim Gerundt — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 04:27:25 -0000

Takashi Sawanaka released a new WinMerge version!

Notable new items in the 2.16.0 stable release:

64-bit version of WinMerge is available
Install plugins by default
Add support for jump list introduced in Windows 7
Install binary file editor (frhed) component again by default
Add support for 3-way compare/merge
Tweak Tab bar
Redesigned Open dialog
Partial support for HiDPI screens
Remove support for old version control system

The new version can be downloaded from:

Have fun with the new version! 😁

A sign of life from WinMerge

Tim Gerundt — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 20:33:01 -0000

Takashi Sawanaka will make his “JP” fork to the next official WinMerge version. He released a first experimental version with the number 2.15.2:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/winmerge/files/alpha/2.15.2/

Here are some notes about release and a plan for the stable version 2.16.0:
https://bitbucket.org/winmerge/winmerge/issues/84/

WinMerge 2.14.0 (stable) released

Christian List — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:51:05 -0000

WinMerge is a Windows tool for visual difference display and merging, for both
files and directories. Unicode support. Flexible syntax coloring editor. Windows
Shell integration. Regexp filtering. Side-by-side line diff and highlights diffs
inside lines.

Notable new items in the 2.14.0 stable release:

Update PCRE to version 8.10
Update SCEW to version 1.1.2
Improve startup time (#2788142)
Add menuitems for selecting automatic or manual prediffing
Add accelerator keys for Shell context menu
Add /xq command line switch for closing WinMerge after identical files and not showing message
Allow setting codepage from command line
Allow giving encoding name as custom codepage
Add options GUI for quick compare limit
Expand/collapse folders from keyboard
Improve detecting XML files in file compare
Lots of language updates
Bugfix: Shell extension uses unquoted program path
Bugfix: Compare by size always checked file times too
Bugfix: Crash when pasting from clipboard
Bugfix: Keeps verifing path even turned off in options
Bugfix: "+" and "-" from the number block don't work in the editor
Bugfix: Date format did not respect Regional Settings
Bugfix: WinMerge contained a vulnerability in handling project files (http://www.zeroscience.mk/mk/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2011-4997.php)
Bugfix: WinMerge was vulnerable to DLL hijacking as described in Microsoft Security Advisory (2269637)
Installer: Drop Windows 9x/ME/NT4 support and use Microsoft runtime libraries installer
Installer: Remove Uninstall shortcut from start menu folder
Installer: Don't install quick launch icon for Windows 7

The new version can be downloaded from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/winmerge/files/stable/2.14.0/

NOTE: 7-zip plugin installer is downloadable from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/winmerge/files/7-zip-plugin/

Regards
Christian List

WinMerge 2.12.4 (stable) released

Christian List — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:11:16 -0000

New in 2.12 stable releases:
- Tree-view for folder compare
- Include items in unique folders in compare results
- General compare result statuses
- Remember last used target folder for Copy/Move to in folder compare
- More accurate location pane
- Re-load files changed in disk behind WinMerge
- Refresh compare results after changing line filter
- Add option to show Open-dialog on WinMerge startup
- PCRE updated to version 7.8
- Installer can add WinMerge to system path
- New options page for Shell Integration options
- Better Unicode file detection for full contents compare
- Lots of bugs fixed

Notable in this release:
- Add more C/C++ types to syntax highlight
- Create config log file to My Documents-folder
- Bugfix: Reports had same left/right descriptions
- Bugfix: When conflict file saved trailing line-ending was lost
- Bugfix: File compare HTML reports use invald DOCTYPE
- Bugfix: "##" in file filter pattern caused an infinite loop
- Bugfix: Could select prediffer when plugins were disabled
- Bugfix: Opening mixed-EOL file one side forced both files to be handled as
mixed-eol files
- Bugfix: Didn't show correct EOL chars if whitespace chars were turned off and
again on
- Bugfix: Generated patch had wrong file time for UTF-16 files
- Bugfix: Did not export changed options values
- Bugfix: Reset the compare method to original if it was changed

The new version can be downloaded from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13216&package_id=11248

NOTE: 7-zip plugin installer is downloadable from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13216&package_id=143957

WinMerge 2.12.2 (stable) released

Christian List — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:29:54 -0000

Notable in this release:
- Disable folder compare tree-view by default
- Bugfix: Filename extension column was empty for files
- Bugfix: Crash when selecting backup folder
- bugfix: Swapping panes did not update statusbar
- Bugfix: Says files are identical after making files different
in another application and re-loading them
- Bugfix: Files with missing last EOL weren't merged correctly
- Translation updates for Polish

The new version can be downloaded from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13216&package_id=11248

NOTE: 7-zip plugin installer is downloadable from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13216&package_id=143957

WinMerge 2.12.0 (stable) released

Christian List — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:32:59 -0000

The new version can be downloaded from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13216&package_id=11248

NOTE: 7-zip plugin installer is downloadable from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13216&package_id=143957

WinMerge 2.10.4 (stable) released

Christian List — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:58:17 -0000

New in 2.10 stable release:
- Installer installs WinMerge for all users
- Add ShellExtension menu for drive letters (root folders)
- Unlimited undo in the editor
- Big Manual update
- PCRE (regular expression library) update (to version 7.7)
- Use PCRE in editor regular expressions (Find/Replace)
- Plugins disabled by default, new option to enable them
- Location pane flickering fixed
- Focus losing after folder compare operations fixed
- Lots of bugs fixed

Notable in this release:
- Add Git to Source Control filter and fix ignore file rules
- Release notes update for 2.10.4 release
- Bugfix: Move confirmation dialog sometimes had wrong paths
- Bugfix: Use translated version of readme.txt for Chinese Simplified
- Bugfix: Installer didn't install readme.txt for all translations
- Bugfix: Could not give paths to commandline when started WinMerge from Cygwin prompt
- Bugfix: Could not open project file that contains an ampersand character in folder names
- Bugfix: File compare method "Modified Date and Size" ignored file size
- Bugfix: Remove EOL characters from command line
- Translation updates for Dutchand Swedish

The new version can be downloaded from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13216&package_id=11248

NOTE: 7-zip plugin installer is downloadable from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13216&package_id=143957

WinMerge 2.10.2 (stable) released

Christian List — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:37:52 -0000

Notable in this release:
- Installer create backup of ClearCase config file
- BugFix: Case-sensitive regexp search didn't work
- BugFix: Wrong cursor position when disabling selection margin
- BugFix: Showed a black line when disabling selection margin
- BugFix: There were some installer regressions
(eg. Installer didn't create Quick Launch icon)
- BugFix: Giving path to file and folder to command line did not work
- BugFix: If messagebox was shown during file loading location pane didn't show
any differences
- BugFix: Some calls made to plugins when plugins were disabled
- New translation: Galician
- Translation updates for Czech, Swedish and Ukrainian

The new version can be downloaded from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13216&package_id=11248

NOTE: 7-zip plugin installer is downloadable from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13216&package_id=143957

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