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Compare Files VS2022

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Control click any two files in Solution explorer and then right click and select "Compare Files..." and the configured third-party comparison tool will come up show a diff between the two files.

Compare File Extension for VS2022

Released 01/31/2023: Version 0.62

Control click any two files in Solution explorer and then right click and select "Compare Files...". The configured third-party comparison tool will come up show a diff between the two files. Will also spawn a compare for subtype files if both files have subtype files, for example .designer.cs files.

  • Shift or Ctrl Click on Two Files, Right Click, and Compare Files

  • Configure Compare Files on Tools Menu

Configurable by a "Configure Compare Files..." menu item under the Visual Studio Tools menu. Configured to use Beyond Compare 4 by default at %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe. Tested with SourceGear's DiffMerge as well, and should work with most file comparison utilities.

Release Notes

Version 0.62 - 01/31/2023

  • Updated Newtonsoft.JSON reference to 13.0.2
  • Added validation error if compare tool file path does not exist on compare
  • Added validation of compare tool file path on configuration save
  • Added VS 2022 version

Version 0.5 - 03/17/2020

  • Recreated VSIX project for VS2017 version
  • Added ability to add extra arguments to be placed before the compared file names.
  • Added extra arguments configuration field.
  • Changed configuration storage to json file instead of flat text file.
  • Moved common code out of VSIX project and moved to common library project.
  • Updated VS2017 and VS2019 VSIX projects to use new common library.
  • Added product and version info to configuration dialog.

Version 0.42 - 03/17/2020

  • Moved GetServiceAsync to InitializeAsync in all Commands.
  • Adding Pro, Enterprise, and Shell Integration to supported editions.

Version 0.4 - 03/13/2020

  • Rewrote VSIX project for Visual Studio 2019.
  • Set default path as "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe", which should work better on 64 bit installations of Windows.
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