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"Ignore comments" option in folder compares

Here is one obvious use case that's impacting me now. I'm comparing two versions of a software package (the older version has changes I made). But the newer version has an updated license text at the top of each .cs file, so every file is marked as changed, making the folder compare useless in this case.

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  • Dennis commented  ·   ·  Report

    This feature helps a lot. Even the Code Compare may take considerable time to get the result out by comparing files (may be character by character), that is much better than require me taking time to open suspected files one by one and checking which files are only license declare change.

    Code Compare is doing good in multi-line comment compare. Don't wast this advantage.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    This feature is a must and makes the software useless in my case. Comparing releases of source code libraries with 1000 of files becomes a nightmare if files are shown as different with only changed copyright year…

  • Mark commented  ·   ·  Report

    The fact comments requesting this feature (bug in my opinion) stretch back to 2012 this approach to addressing this issue is ineffective. The comment ignore feature is present in file compare, it should be straightforward to add to folder compare. I do not understand the reluctance to add such a useful feature.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    UP !!!
    I have a folder with more than 100 files and all are marked as different only because the 1st line contains a comment with a different creation date.
    CodeCompare is great but please add this option !!!

  • Bob P commented  ·   ·  Report

    You need to strongly consider at least providing the option to ignore comments in the file compare display. I use edit indicators in my comment lines and need to do a full project compare to ensure there are no code changes once they are removed. Since I have many files in my projects it is a complete waste of my time to click on 100+ files to find out that there are no code differences.

    I am evaluating this product and had hoped to buy it, however this small missing feature makes it infeasible for me to consider. Thoughts? Response? Is this currently being added?

  • Dave Long commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am comparing 2 code branches which have many files with changes to comments but no code changes. I need to filter these out so I can focus on the real code changes. It would make the tool a lot more useful if comments could be ignored while doing the file compare.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why even have an "ignore comments" if Code Compare doesn't truly ignore comments ? !!

  • David Moore commented  ·   ·  Report

    Every file in a hundred+ file project is marked as different just because the (commented) header is different. Please include an option to ignore comments or ignore certain lines when comparing folders! I won't even mind if performance is impacted.