WinMerge: how to ignore comments

Question

I use WinMerge to compare java files in folders (including subfolders). I would like to ignore comments when this is done, but I do not know how to do it.

At the file level, I found a switch in the options, so if I compare two files, comments are ignored. However, if I compare the folders in which these two files are located, WinMerge tells me that the files are different. Then, when I click on the files, WinMerge discovers that the only differences are the comments, and it tells me that the files are equal.

Any idea?

Answer 1

You can use the IgnoreCommentsC.dll plugin. The plugin ignores comments inside // ... and / * ... * / delimiters in C, C ++, PHP, and JavaScript files.

You can simply link it to java files. Download here .

EDIT : It seems that the link is no longer loaded with plugins. The documentation says that plugins must be installed during installation. More information about plugins can be found in the documentation ( general information , available plugins )