I'm used to use Perforce merge called P4V (p4merge.exe) for merging but I like BC for its advanced features. Sadly the merging of BC3 disappointed me a bit.
BC3 merging is too messy compared to P4V (compared to Tortoise built-in it's better but who wants that?). My disappointment comes from:
- Comparing/Matching not accurate enough; frequently fails to match the correct block.
- Interface too complex: Too many colors, unclear presentation, too many scroll bars...
I suggest to take a look at P4V to possibly improve BC3 merging (and even comparing). For source code, which is the most frequent, I, as a user, don't care if the merging algorithm is very long because the source code is small anyway. It's not like for big files where a simple comparison is enough.
To conclude, the 3-way merging is a good improvement that yet should be improved before I'd prefer it of the free tools available.
BC3 merging is too messy compared to P4V (compared to Tortoise built-in it's better but who wants that?). My disappointment comes from:
- Comparing/Matching not accurate enough; frequently fails to match the correct block.
- Interface too complex: Too many colors, unclear presentation, too many scroll bars...
I suggest to take a look at P4V to possibly improve BC3 merging (and even comparing). For source code, which is the most frequent, I, as a user, don't care if the merging algorithm is very long because the source code is small anyway. It's not like for big files where a simple comparison is enough.
To conclude, the 3-way merging is a good improvement that yet should be improved before I'd prefer it of the free tools available.
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