Source code manager
Beyond Compare by Scooter Software

Beyond Compare is a file comparison utility that is an excellent source code manager. It lets you quickly see the differences in the recursive contents of two folders, and is highly configurable, easy to use, and an excellent way to compare folders.

It displays two selected folders side by side and lets you view folder information a number of ways through filters. You can view all files, matching files, mismatched files, and so on, with differences color-coded so that you can spot them easily. You can synchronize, copy and move files from one folder to the other with ease, rename and delete files, and even apply time zone settings to one folder or another.

Text files can be compared using the built-in side-by-side file viewer, which also uses color coding to highlight differences. Other features of this source code manager include fast comparison of binary files, print support, Clipboard support, and optional automatic backup.

Directory Comparison

• Display
• Compare folders side-by-side
• Explorer-like interface
• Expandable subfolders
• Color highlighting of differences
• Session Settings
• Can be saved by name for fast access
• Multiple filename/extension filters
• File and Folder Operations
• Copy, Move, Delete, Rename, Touch, Change Read-only
• Copy files to alternate folder
• Find filename
• Fast byte-by-byte compare of binary files
• Recursive binary comparison of directory trees
• Comparison Criteria
• Date modified:
  - Allows for differences in timezone
  - Can ignore FAT 2 second rounding
  - Deals with Daylight Savings problem on networks
• File size
• Attributes
• Binary content comparison
• Text-based content comparison

Built-in File Viewer

• Display
• Compare files side-by-side
• Color highlighting of differences
• Thumbnail summary of differences
• Comparison Criteria
• Can ignore minor differences:
  - Case, Whitespace, Comments
• Handles multiple line termination styles
• Can ignore certain columns
• "Sync-it-yourself" manual sync override
• Other
• Compare clipboard contents against file, or other contents
• Compare and edit Delphi .DFM files as text
• Compare EBCDIC files
• Spawn external editor and go to line number
• Handles long lines, large files

Other Features

• Command Line Options
• Specify named session
• Specify base folders, or files to compare
• Run file viewer directly
• Auto-synchronize directories
• Disable editing commands
• Drag & Drop
• Drag folders or files onto BC for comparison
• Extensive Help File

Further details about this source code manager are available from http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo.html