meld - Visual diff and merge tool for the GNOME Desktop
meld [options] meld [options] FILE1 meld [options] DIR1 meld [options] FILE1 FILE2 [FILE3] meld [options] DIR1 DIR2 [DIR3]
MELD(1) General Commands Manual MELD(1)
NAME
meld - Visual diff and merge tool for the GNOME Desktop
SYNOPSIS
meld [options]
meld [options] FILE1
meld [options] DIR1
meld [options] FILE1 FILE2 [FILE3]
meld [options] DIR1 DIR2 [DIR3]
DESCRIPTION
Meld is a graphical diff viewer and merge application for the GNOME
desktop. It supports 2 and 3-file diffs, recursive directory diffs,
diffing of directories under version control (Bazaar, CVS, Darcs, Fos-
sil, Git, Mercurial, Monotone), as well as the ability to manually and
automatically merge file differences.
OPTIONS
--auto-compare, -a
Automatically compare all differing files on startup.
--auto-merge
Automatically merge files
--comparison-file=<file>
Load a saved comparison from a Meld comparison file
--diff FILE1|DIR1 FILE2|DIR2 [FILE3|DIR3]
Create a diff tab for the given files or directories. Note that
"meld --diff FILE1 FILE2" is functionally equivalent to "meld
FILE1 FILE2". However, the --diff argument can be given multi-
ple times for one invocation of meld which allows the user to
automatically initiate multiple diffs when meld starts. See
examples below.
--help, -h
Print application help and usage.
--label=<label>, -L <label>
Set application window title to <label>.
--newtab, -n
Open the comparison as a new tab in an already-running instance.
--output, -o
Sets the save path for the middle buffer in a three-pane merge
view. This is useful for loading the middle buffer from one file
and saving it to another, for example in use as a version con-
trol merge helper.
--unified, -u
Ignored for compatibility
--version
Print application version and exit.
EXAMPLES
meld
Run meld without initiating a diff.
meld FILE1
Initiate a diff between FILE1 and the version-controlled copy of
FILE1.
meld DIR1
Initiate a recursive diff between DIR1 and the version-con-
trolled copy of DIR1.
meld FILE1 FILE2
Initiate a diff between FILE1 and FILE2.
meld FILE1 FILE2 FILE3
Initiate a 3-way diff between FILE1, FILE2, and FILE3.
meld DIR1 DIR2
Initiate a recursive diff between directory DIR1 and DIR2.
meld DIR1 DIR2 DIR3
Initiate a recursive 3-way diff between directory DIR1, DIR2,
and DIR3.
meld --diff FILE1 FILE2 --diff FILE3 FILE4
Initiate a diff between FILE1 and FILE2, and a separate diff
between FILE3 and FILE4.
BUGS
If you find a bug, please report it at https://git-
lab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/issues or mail a description of the issue to
meld-list@gnome.org.
AUTHORS
See the AUTHORS text file in meld's source code
(http://git.gnome.org/browse/meld/tree/AUTHORS).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | developer/meld |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://down-
load.gnome.org/sources/meld/3.21/meld-3.21.1.tar.xz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://meldmerge.org/.
26 Sept 2010 MELD(1)