Life gets so very complicated when you’re working over a network. You work on files on your hard drive, but you also work on files on the network, and it’s very likely that you’re working on projects, like web development or software versioning, that compel you to make changes to files, then overwrite their remote counterparts. But what if you mess up and overwrite newer files with old information? What do you do, besides clock out early and hope no one notices your mistake?
DeltaWalker acts as your safety parachute, allowing you to visually compare files and folders in two different locations before intelligently synchronizing them. Using DeltaWalker, you’ll be able to compare, edit, merge, and synchronize different versions of source files with ease and reassurance. And, if you’re working as part of a team, you’ll love DeltaWalker's ability to compare your changes and those of another team member with a common ancestor, automatically merging all non-conflicting differences in seconds. No more guesswork!
No matter what your industry, DeltaWalker can help. The program works with HTML and XML files, can compare compressed archive files such as JAR, EAR, ZIP, and cuts through documents and text output files like a hot knife through butter.
All of DeltaWalker's file and folder comparisons can be printed to hardcopy for later review, or as HTML and XML files with links to individual file comparison reports!
I currently use UltraCompare UE3, so I was really looking at the feature set of this app to see if there was a compeling reason to add it to my collection. A key feature that UltraCompare is missing that I really like the idea of is the true structured XML compare (DeltaWalker) vs. a text compare of XML in UltraCompare. My only reservation in adding this to my collection is support for running from a USB stick. That was a key selling point when I got UltraCompare. So is there a way to run this from a USB stick?
I've recently switched from Windows to a Mac and it's really killing me that I can't find a file compare/merge tool as good as Beyond Compare (Scooter Software). Araxis Merge comes close, but still not as nice, IMO. I'm looking at DeltaWalker closely, but one downside is that it doesn't appear I can set it as the default compare/merge tool for the Versions SVN client. This is not the fault of DeltaWalker, but does make me less inclined to consider it.
Thanks for the question, Jonathan. To run DeltaWalker from a USB stick on any of the supported platforms simply use the ZIP package to install it on the USB stick. DeltaWalker requires JRE 1.5 or newer so either the target machine should have it, or the /bin and /lib JRE folders should be copied under a /jre folder located under the /DeltaWalker folder (default installation). We used to offer a DeltaWalker/JRE bundles specifically for this purpose, we'll offer them again shortly as there've been several requests like yours lately.
Hi Kevin, DeltaWalker is among the diff tools there are published integration scripts for on the Versions' website: http://groups.google.com/group/versions/files . The script appears correct and I know we have Versions' users out there. If there are any issues, please let us know, we'll address them and work with the Versions folks if necessary. We provide a number of integration scripts for other SCMs e.g. Git, Subversion, read moreMercurial, etc. - currently available in the online help, the "Integrating DeltaWalker with Other Applications" topic. They should be published on our web site tomorrow as well.
Hi Yolian, Thanks for the reply and the information about integration with Versions. I will check it out.
I'm trying to figure how to configure Mercurial to use DeltaWalker for conflict merges. Any tips for my .hgrc file?
Craig, Tips on integrating DeltaWalker with Mercurial can be found in the online help; for convenience, here they are: Mac OS X Add the following to Mercurial's configuration file ~/.hgrc to instruct Mercurial to use DeltaWalker as its external diff and merge tool: [extensions] hgext.extdiff = [extdiff] cmd.deltawalker = [merge-tools] deltawalker.executable = /usr/local/bin/hg-merge-dw.sh deltawalker.args = $local $other $base $output Create the shell script hg-merge-dw.sh and place it in /usr/local/bin/; if you place them elsewhere, make sure its location is updated in the ~/.hgrc.: hg-merge-dw.sh: #!/bin/sh /Applications/DeltaWalker.app/Contents/MacOS/DeltaWalker -nosplash "$1" "$2" "$3" -merge="$4"
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