Bug 743872 – dirdiff behaves inconsistently with filediff when comparing line endings

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Bug 743872 - dirdiff behaves inconsistently with filediff when comparing line endings


Summary:	dirdiff behaves inconsistently with filediff when comparing line endings


Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 547743

Product:	meld
Classification:	Other
Component:	dirdiff
Version:	3.12.x
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	meld-maint
QA Contact:	meld-maint

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Reported:	2015-02-02 16:58 UTC by drew
Modified:	2015-02-02 21:19 UTC

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Description drew 2015-02-02 16:58:44 UTC

dirdiff will report two files as *different*, while filediff reports "Files are identical".

To reproduce:

* Populate an empty directory with a single text file with Unix-style line endings.
* Make a copy of this directory, which in turn also makes a copy of the text file.
* In one of the two identical files, change one of the line endings to a Windows-style line ending.
* Use Meld dirdiff to compare the two directories

Observe:

Dirdiff reports that the files are different.  Double-clicking either file opens filediff, which reports that the files are idenitcal.

Comment 1 Kai Willadsen 2015-02-02 21:19:29 UTC

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 547743 ***