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Compare Files/Projects

In Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Hosted, you can use a diff utility to compare two files or projects, and show the difference if any. The default diff utility in Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Hosted is MergeHero. Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Hosted may also be configured with an external application for visual diff on files or directories. This setting is in Tools->Options->External Programs tab.

When you compare two files,

• For mergeable files, Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Hosted visually displays the individual line differences between the two files.
  
• For binary files, Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Hosted only identifies the differences.

When you compare two projects, Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Hosted displays the project-level  differences  (for example, lists which items exist in one project only) between the two projects.

In Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Hosted, you can compare files or projects in several ways:

• Using Show Differences command to compare a file/project to any of their own versions or others in a local or server path.
  
• Using Diff command in History Explorer dialog box to compare a specific history version of an item to a previous version in repository , etc.
  
• Using Diff command in Show Labels dialog box to compare a labeled version of an item to the current version in repository, etc.

For information about how to compare files or projects, please refer to:

• Show Differences
• History Diff
• Label Diff