Guiffy SureMerge explained

Guiffy SureMerge
Developer:	Guiffy Software
Latest Release Version:	12.3 (build 570)
Operating System:	Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix
Size:	12.5 MB
Genre:	Data comparison
Platform:	Cross-platform
License:	Proprietary

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.

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

• Diff
• Comparison of file comparison tools
• Merge (revision control)

External links

• Guiffy Software Inc. website

Notes and References

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