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The extension allows you to compare folders, show the diffs in a list and present diff in a splitted view side by side.

Thanks

The extension uses the great dir-compare package made by Liviu Grigorescu. If you like this extension, please give a star to dir-compare!

Limitations

Currently seems like there might be issues [#81, #83] with comparing local and remote folders over ssh. Please take this under consideration.

How to use?

There are several ways to choose folders to compare:

• Command Palette
  • Compare a folder against workspace choose a folder to compare against the workspace's folder (when workspace is not empty)
  • Choose 2 folders and compare - opens OS folder chooser twice
• Compare Folders Panel (Click on the icon in the Activity Bar)
  • Click to select a folder see 1st item
  • Click to select folders see 2nd item
• File explorer
  • Select 2 folders, right click and click on Compare selected folders see 2nd item
• From history
  • Pick from recent compares chose one of the pairs you compared in the past.
  • (The list can be reset by Clear recent compares)

UI Features per Panel Section:

Differences

• Toolbar
  • Pick from History: Choose one of the pairs you compared in the past.
  • Swap Sides: Swap the sides of the compared folders.
  • Refresh: Re-compare the folders if there are changes in the compared folders' files.
  • View as List / View as Tree: Toggle between list and tree view modes.
• Files
  • Dismiss: Remove the file from the list of compared items.
  • Take My File / Take Compared File: Replace the file with the one from the other side.
  • Exclude from Comparison: Add the file or folder to the excludeFilter setting to permanently exclude it from comparisons.

Only in My Folder / Only in Compared Folder

• Files
  • Copy to My Folder / Copy to Compared Folder: Copy the file to the other side.
  • Delete: Permanently delete the file from the file system.
  • Exclude from Comparison: Add the file or folder to the excludeFilter setting to permanently exclude it from comparisons.

Options (under vscode settings)

• excludeFilter - glob string
• includeFilter - glob string

Example

"compareFolders.excludeFilter": [
  "**/node_modules",
  "**/.svn",
  "**/.git"
]

• compareContent - boolean - Compares files by content
• diffViewTitle - One of the options: "name only", "compared path", "full path"
• ignoreFileNameCase - boolean - Compare files with the same name but different case
• diffLayout - One of the options: "local <> compared" or "compared <> local"
• showIdentical - boolean - Whether or not show the identical files panel
• showFileCount - boolean - Show the number of files in each view section title
• useDiffMerge - boolean - Whether or not using Diff & Merge extension as the Diff viewer. In order to use this option, you should install the extension
• folderLeft + folderRight - strings - paths of 2 folders, compare them on the extension load.
• fileParsingRules - Array of rules for parsing specific file patterns with external tools when viewing diffs. Files are parsed on-demand only when you select "View Parsed Diff" button, which will show up next to files which match a parsing rule.…