Beyond Compare's graphic method for merging source code files

Are you looking for a way to merge source code files? PHP editor Xiaoxin brings you a detailed graphic tutorial on Beyond Compare, which is a professional source code comparison and merging tool. This guide will guide you step-by-step through the powerful features of Beyond Compare, including visual difference views, conflict resolution, and automatic merging. By following these steps, you can merge code files with confidence, avoid conflicts, and improve your team's collaboration efficiency.

Double-click the [Beyond Compare] software icon on the computer desktop. There are [New Session] and [Auto Save] directories on the left side of the opened main page. You can choose to create a new [Text Merge] session or open the previous one. The merge session proceeds.

In the open text merging session, there are [Open File] buttons on the left, middle, and right sides respectively. Click the small inverted triangle icon on the right side of the button. In the expanded Select a file opening method from the drop-down menu, including: opening a file on the file system, opening a file using a profile, opening the clipboard, etc.

"Beyond Compare text merge session supports merging up to three files at the same time. You can directly open source code files on the local file system, or connect to an FTP server to open remote source code files."

After the file selection is completed, as shown in the figure, in the text merge session pane, the differences between the merged source code files are highlighted in red for easy viewing. You can click [Secondary] on the toolbar button to quickly eliminate unnecessary differential text content.

Beyond Compare has a dedicated text merge output pane, and the code text of the conflict section in this pane is editable and can be edited according to personal merge text standards. Revise.

After the modification is completed, click [Save] in the upper right corner of the interface to update the file. Finally, select the storage location of the merged file. You can directly merge it to the right or left file, or you can choose to save the merged content to in other files.

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