From: Chris Koeritz Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:57:38 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new config file for the meld compare tool. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~950 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e992da3e5d3cd04ec1a967fd21679fa3673fdfa6;p=feisty_meow.git new config file for the meld compare tool. --- diff --git a/database/configuration/meld/binary_code_to_ignore.meld b/database/configuration/meld/binary_code_to_ignore.meld new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0ca6afa4 --- /dev/null +++ b/database/configuration/meld/binary_code_to_ignore.meld @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ + +this is a meld config file explanation... +meld is a great tool for comparing a large directory tree against another +large directory tree (or even against 1 or two more trees). + +what we want out of this file is to have a list of items that will be ignored +when meld does a comparison on our tree of java projects. the list provided +below may or may not be useful to you, but some variant might be. + +to add a new filter that will get meld to ignore any files in any folder named +in our list, open meld's settings via the menu path "Edit | Preferences | File Filters". + +once you're in that tab of the dialog, create a new filter called something like: + binary-code +and add these folder names as values for the filter: + bin bin.eclipse subprojects bin-eclipse codegen genned-src genned-obj unit-test-reports + +any directory listed there will be ignored during comparisons and merges, which is +more convenient than the alternative of seeing all the binaries that are different, +in every compare. ugh. + --fred the hamster + +