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    FileDiff
    by Aalto Interactive
    23 Recent Installs | 2734 Total Installs
    A quick and dirty extension to use the Xcode FileMerge tool to compare editor contents.
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    File Comparison Extension for Nova

    This runs FileMerge to compare two buffers. To do this it copies the contents from the selected buffers to temporary files. The files are called "NovaCompareFile_Left.tmp" and "NovaCompareFile_Right.tmp" and are stored in the "/tmp" directory.

    Requirements

    Before using this extension, you must ensure that Xcode is installed on your system via the "App Store".

    Extension Installation

    1. Open Nova.
    2. Choose menu Extensions > Extension Library...
    3. Search extension FileDiff
    4. Click Install.

    Preferences

    Executable Path /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/FileMerge.app/Contents/MacOS/FileMerge Manually enter or select the FileMerge binary location.

    Hotkeys

    • To compare a buffer as the left file, use ^⌥<
    • To compare a buffer as the right file, use ^⌥>
    • To compare the selected buffers, use ^⌥?

    Release Notes

    Version 1.0

    Initial release