Guiffy SureMerge

Guiffy SureMerge is a data comparison utility. In addition to comparing files, the program is capable of doing side-by-side comparison of directories and archives.[1] The program is also capable of performing automatic 3-way file merges. It is available for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Unix operating systems.

Guiffy SureMerge
Developer(s)Guiffy Software
Stable release
12.2 (build 560) / May 2, 2023 (2023-05-02)
Operating systemWindows, Mac, Linux, Unix
PlatformCross-platform
Size12.3 MB
TypeData comparison
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.guiffy.com

Reception

In December 2002, Guiffy SureMerge was awarded five out of five Cows by Tucows on all 3 platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux). Scott Swedorski, editor-in-chief and founder of Tucows, said, "To our knowledge, Guiffy is the first multi-platform application to receive 5 Cows for all versions."[2][3][4][5]

In June 2006 Guiffy Suremerge received the Jolt Productivity Award. Rick Wayne, a Jolt Award judge, said, "Guiffy Software's SureMerge uses an advanced set of three-way merge algorithms to detect potentially dangerous conflicts other tools might miss."[6]

In a November 2008 review, Guiffy SureMerge was awarded five out of five stars by CNET. The reviewers found Guiffy SureMerge to be a "tool with serious muscle and a much easier, more intuitive interface than you'll find on any freeware package".[7]

Features
  • Automatic 3-way file merge [8]
  • Highlight the differences within the line
  • Compare views saved as reports (in HTML)
  • Support for ASCII, MBCS, Unicode character encoding and editing
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Ignore of case, white space, comments, regular expressions
  • Folder compare of file trees with explorer expand/collapse interface
  • Folder compares of archive files (.zip, .tar, .jar and several variants)
  • 64 bit supports file diff/merge > 2GB
  • Image diff tool
  • Binary diff tool
  • Command line interfaces
  • Java API [9]
  • Eclipse and NetBeans plugins
  • Shell (desktop) integration on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
  • SCM integrations including: Perforce, Git, and Subversion [10]

See also

References
  1. "Guiffy features". Guiffy Software. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  2. "Three 5-Cows Rating" (Press release). Guiffy Software. 2002-12-09. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  3. "5-Cows Windows Rating". Tucows. 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
  4. "5-Cows Mac Rating". Tucows. 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
  5. "5-Cows Linux Rating". Tucows. 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
  6. "2006 Jolt Awards". Dr. Dobb's Journal. 2006-06-01. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  7. "CNET editors' 5 Stars review". CNET. 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  8. "3-Way Auto Merge". Guiffy Software. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
  9. "Guiffy Java API". Guiffy Software. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
  10. "SCM Integrations". Guiffy Software. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-09-12.


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