Semantic Diff Utilities [closed]

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We’ve developed a tool that is able to precisely deal with this scenario. Check http://www.semanticmerge.com

It merges (and diffs) based on code structure and not using text-based algorithms, which basically allows you to deal with cases like the following, involving strong refactor. It is also able to render both the differences and the merge conflicts as you can see below:

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And instead of getting confused with the text blocks being moved, since it parses first, it is able to display the conflicts on a per method basis (per element in fact). A case like the previous won’t even have manual conflicts to solve.

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It is a language-aware merge tool and it has been great to be finally able to answer this SO question 🙂

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