Re: Feature request: TortoiseMerge "ignore start of line" option

On 4 February 2010 13:37, Cyril Holweck <Cyril.Holweck_at_q-free.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a feature request for TortoiseMerge.
>
> I am often doffing files where the first few characters are the entry
> number (line number + offset in a bill of material to be exact)
>
> Today when I add one line to my bill of material, all subsequent lines
> appear as changed since the line number has changed.
>
> I would like to see next to the Seettings / General / Diffing / "Ignore
> line endings" another option:
> "Ignore start of lines" option, either a tickbox to ignore the first
> word, or a text box where one enters the number of characters to ignore.

As far as subversion is concerned all differences in a file are
regarded as changes, whether they are interesting to you or not. You
need to use a general purpose diff tool for something like this as it
has nothing to do with revision control. Does kdiff3 support this sort
of thing?

Simon

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