Subj : Re: Text Compare
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Sniper
Date : Tue Feb 01 2005 07:56 pm

-=> Angus Mcleod wrote to All <=-

 AM> I'm working on a little Perl ditty to do a 3-way compare on text.dat
 AM> files.  It assumes that there has been a fork where an original file
 AM> was modified, and now a new version of the original has been released.

 AM> It compares all three files line-by-line and works on the premise that:

 AM> 1)  If the new verion does not differ from the old, (no official
 AM> change)
 AM>     then the users version, modified or not, can be used.

 AM> 2)  If the users version does not differ from the original, so the new
 AM>     version (changed or not) can be used.

 AM> 3)  Otherwise, the three files are all different and it's decision-time
 AM> as
 AM>     to whether to use the users modified line or the official updated
 AM>     line.

 AM> In case #3, what would you suggest the program do?  I don't know if it
 AM> makes more sense to go with the users modified version, the official
 AM> new version, or both (with one commented out, and if so, WHICH one...)

Can you have it list the differences and give 2 options?  Replace with
the new or leave alone.

At least, that would be my thought in the matter, at least that way it
would show the 2 lines, and let whomever decide if they want to keep the
change or not.



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