#Command to compare folders install
#Command to compare folders windows

ignoreAllWhiteSpaces - boolean - ignore all white space differences (similar to diff -w).ignoreWhiteSpaces - boolean - ignore white spaces at the beginning and ending of a line (similar to diff -b).ignoreLineEnding - boolean - ignore crlf/lf line ending differences.Note: each extension can show only once it this list ignoreExtension - Set groups of extensions so while comparing, pairs of files considered the same file if both of the files extension are in the same group.folderLeft + folderRight - strings - paths of 2 folders, compare them on the extension load.

#Command to compare folders install

In order to use this option, you should install the extension

useDiffMerge - boolean - Whether or not using Diff & Merge extension as the Diff viewer.

showIdentical - boolean - Whether or not show the identical files panel.

diffLayout - One of the options: 'local compared' or 'compared local'.

ignoreFileNameCase - boolean - Compare files with the same name but different case.

diffViewTitle - One of the options: 'name only', 'compared path', 'full path'.

compareContent - boolean - Compares files by content.Options (under vscode settings)Įxample 'compareFolders.excludeFilter': [ Refresh - If there are changes in the compared folders' files, click on the refresh button will re-compare the folders. (The list can be reset by Clear recent compares).Pick from recent compares chose one of the pairs you compared in the past.Select 2 folders, right click and click on Compare selected folders see 2nd item.Compare Folders Panel (Click on the icon in the Activity Bar).Choose 2 folders and compare - opens OS folder chooser twice.Compare a folder against workspace choose a folder to compare against the workspace's folder (when workspace is not empty).There are several ways to choose folders to compare: If you like this extension, please give a star to dir-compare! LimitationsĬurrently seems like there might be issues with comparing local and remote folders over ssh. The extension uses the great dir-compare package made by Liviu Grigorescu. The extension allows you to compare folders, show the diffs in a list and present diff in a splitted view side by side. Misc functions (Logging, Load/Save to file, Clipboard, MessageBox.

#Command to compare folders windows

Change Look and Feel to Windows Explorer Mode.Default Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows Explorer Style).Default Keyboard Shortcuts (Commander Style).Send to the Clipboard (Path, Filename.Change File Properties (Attributes, Date/Time).Pasting Clipboard Data into Explorer Panel.The files that are currently selected in the source panel will also be selected in the target panel if they exist.

Will select only files/folders that exist in both panels. Will find files/folder that exist in both panels and select only the newest of them. Will select only the files that are missing from the other panel.

Will select the files that are missing in the other panel or, if folders/files are found in both panels, the newest file/folder is selected Compare Folders, Select Missing It is possible to enable or disable whether the compare command should work on only files or only folders. Compare FoldersĬompare Folders will compare the paths in the source and target panel and select differences depending on which compare command is called Save/Load to/from memory options work the same way but will not survive a restart of Multi Commander. Each line can be an exact match for a file/folder that you want to select or it can be a selection filter containing wildcards. Load selection from file will load a file and treat every line in that file as a selection filter. You can then load that file and recover all of your selections at any time. Save selection to file will save all the selected files to a filename you specify. Save/Load Selection to/from File or Memory '*.jpg *.tiff' for all jpg and tiff files. You can enter a wildcard filter to select/unselect files, eg. The Select and Unselect options show a select/unselect dialog where you select files using filters. Under the Edit menu there are a number of special commands for selecting files and folders.