Source Files Comparison doesn't seem to Work properly

[GCoves81]

Hello,

Congratulations for this great tool!

I'm trying to compare folders of source files (in Java but the problem appears with C++ sources as well), ignoring comments and white-spaces (they are different versions of a project, with differences among others to comments and formatting). I can't get it to work. The comparison returns "Text files are different, even for files that differ only in comments and formatting. I have set the options as described below:

Options:

• General | Whitespaces : Ignore Change
• General | Ignore blank lines: Checked
• General | Ignore comment differences: Checked
• General | Diff algorithm : default (also tried minimal and patience)
• Compare Methods: Full Contents (also tried Quick Contents)
• Plugins : Enabled (IgnoreCommentsC is Enabled too, and the "Enable automatic unpacking/prediffing for the plugin" option is checked).
• Filters : None

The problem appears in both the x86 and x64 versions.
Am I doing something wrong? Am I missing something?

I have uploaded a small test-case that reproduces the problem:
https://github.com/GCoves81/WInMergeTestCaseByGCoves81

Question:

• Is it enough to append ;.java$ to the File Filters for the IgnoreCommentsC plugin to make it working for .java files as well? (comments syntax is the same, /* Comment */ and // Comment)

Thank you in advance.

[sdottaka]

Unfortunately, the IgnoreCommentsC plugin is a plugin that internally replaces /* ... */ with /**/ or // ... with //, so the comment style of the other side must be the same style.

In this case, the IgnoreCommentsC plugin replaces /* Comment */ with /**/, but the other is a blank line, so it is considered different.

However, the Ignore comment differences option is an option to remove /* ... */ and // ..., so if this option and the Ignore blank lines option are enabled, it must be considered identical in this case.

This issue has been fixed in commit 74e1267.

Thank you for the report.

[GCoves81]

This was an incredibly swift response!

Many Thanks!!!