Welcome to jMerge

Overview

jMerge is a graphical tool for viewing and resolving differences between two files. Yes folks, another diff tool. I've attempted to combine the best features from a variety of diff tools plus some of my own inovations.

Features

Simple, yet powerfull user interface
Written in Java so it runs anywhere
Easy installation/setup
New diff engine(s) can be used via a plug-in API

Installation

There is not much to install. It's just a jar file that you run with a Java JVM. You might want to create a .bat file or .sh script to execute jMerge.

Running

To run jMerge, simply invoke a Java JVM on the command line. For example,

% java -cp jmerge.jar jMerge

By default, jMerge will create a jMerge.properties file in the current directory. This file is used to remember its state between invocations. Typically, you will want to use the same jMerge.properties file regardless of which directory you are in. You can specify that by using the -p option on the command line.

% java -cp jmerge.jar jMerge -p /home/username/jMerge.properties

Last update: 02 Jan 2003