Code Compare

Code Compare is an advanced visual file comparison tool for source code comparison.

Code Compare is a tool designed to compare and merge differing files and folders. Code Compare integrates with all popular source control systems: TFS, SVN, Git, Mercurial, and Perforce. Code Compare is shipped both as a standalone file diff tool and a Visual Studio extension.

Code Compare Pro edition of the tool is specially adapted for comparing source code files. It locates changes in code with regard to its structure. Code Compare Pro features 3-way file merge tool that allows resolving version control merge conflicts.

Key Features:

• Text Comparison and Merging: Colored blocks for inserted, deleted and modified text; detailed highlights of changes within lines and collapsing of unchanged regions of text (Pro-feature).
• Structural Source Code Comparison: Syntax Highlighting for programming languages; methods are matched in compared source code files and similar lines of code are matched even after refactoring.
• Visual Studio Integration: Native Visual studio extension allows smooth integration; visual Studio 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015 supported and user can choose to use standalone or integrated version of Code Compare on the fly.
• Code Review Support: Adding code review comments when comparing source file revisions; viewing added review comments from a file comparison document and highlighting of code regions with review comments
• Three-Way Comparison and Automatic Merging: Three comparison panes with horizontal and vertical layouts; integrates with version control systems as the merging tool for conflicting file revisions and non-conflicting changes are merged automatically
• Compares entire hierarchies of folders: Color-coding for added, deleted and modified files; filtering options for excluding or including of certain file types and instant opening of individual file comparison documents