WinMerge 2.16.19 Beta Release Notes

• About This Release
• What Is New in 2.16.19 beta?
• Known issues

March 2022

About This Release

This is a WinMerge beta release which is meant for preview the current state of
WinMerge development. This release is not recommended for the production.

What Is New in 2.16.19 Beta

General

• Update Merge.rc (PR #1219,#1227,#1231,#1232)

File compare

• BugFix: Match similar lines breaks with Ignore whitespace change (#1209)
• BugFix: Copy & Advance skips differences when moved block detection is on
  (#1235)
• BugFix: Fix inline difference selection by F4 key not working well in
  various cases
• Different exit procedure required for small vs. large files (#1218)
• Added View → View Top Margins menu item. (A ruler appears in the margin)

Table compare

• Pinning first row of file (#999)
  • Added Use First Line as Headers menu item to the column header context menu.

Folder compare

• BugFix: Fix the problem that the status bar displays "0 items selected" even
  though multiple items are selected.
• BugFix: Change the file naming method of the file compare report to avoid
  duplication of the file compare report file name linked from the folder
  compare report. (PR #1171)
• BugFix: Fix an issue where comparison results are not displayed correctly
  when "Refresh Selected" is performed by selecting an item that has a
  directory and file with the same name. (PR #1189)
• BugFix: Folder compare with jpg images crashes (#1176)
• BugFix: Fix renaming process in folder compare window. (PR #1246)

Filters

• Filters enchancement (PR #1179,#1174)
  • File masks
    • Putting ! before file masks will exclude files that match that masks.
    • If you put \ after the file masks, the masks will match folders instead
      of files.
  • File filters
    • Added f!: and d!: to exclude files or folders that match the pattern
      specified in f: and d:.

Options dialog

• BugFix: Help text is truncated (#1210)
• Improve vertical alignment string (#1200)
• Some improvements (#1212)

Plugins

• BugFix: Select Plugin Dialog: Fix the problem that the plugin arguments are
  deleted by clicking the "Add pipe" button after entering them.

Archive support

Translations

• Translation updates:
  • Catalan (PR #1237)
  • Chinese Simplified (PR #1257)
  • Chinese Traditional (PR #1204)
  • Corsican (PR #1188,#1205,#1221,#1251,#1260)
  • Dutch (PR #1187)
  • French (PR #1211)
  • German (PR #1208,#1228,#1254,#1262)
  • Hungarian (PR #1203,#1220,#1252,#1259)
  • Japanese (PR #1165)
  • Korean (PR #1181)
  • Lithuanian (PR #1197,#1202,#1224,#1255)
  • Norwegian (PR #1170)
  • Portuguese (PR #1178,#1222)
  • Russian (PR #1164)
  • Slovak (PR #1196)
  • Slovenian (PR #1163,#1261)
  • Ukrainian (PR #1172)

Internals

• Fix typo in ShellFileOperations.cpp (PR #1256)
• [Big PR - big changes] A lot of refactor and optimization commits (PR #1258)
• Wrong links for ShellExtension on Translations page (#1185)
• Tweak translations status (PR #1201)

Known issues

• Crashes when comparing large files (GitHub #325)
• Very slow to compare significantly different directories (GitHub #322)
• Vertical scrollbar breaks after pasting text (GitHub #296)

What's Changed

• Update Slovenian.po by @JadranR in #1163
• Update Russian.po by @wvxwxvw in #1164
• Update Japanese.po by @Rukoto in #1165
• Update Norwegian.po by @FTno in #1170
• Change the file naming method of the file compare report to avoid duplication of the file compare report file name linked from the folder compare report. by @tjmprm77 in #1171
• Update Ukrainian.po by @uniss2209 in #1172
• Update Portuguese.po by @hugok79 in #1178
• Update Korean.po by @gro00 in #1181
• Update Dutch.po by @RockyTDR in #1187
• Update Corsican translations and change encoding by @Patriccollu in #1188
• Fix an issue where comparison results are not displayed correctly when "Refresh Selected" is performed by selecting an item that has a directory and file with the same name. by @tjmprm77 in #1189
• Updating the Slovak translation file by @jozefM923 in #1196
• Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in #1197
• Improve vertical alignment string by @Gitoffthelawn in #1200
• Tweak translations status by @gerundt in #1201
• Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in #1202
• Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in #1203
• Update ChineseTraditional.po by @SiderealArt in #1204
• Update Corsican translation for commit c79933b by @Patriccollu in #1205
• Update German.po by @Mr-Update in #1208
• Filters enhancement by @sdottaka in #1179
• Update French translation by @slolo2000 in #1211
• Update Merge.rc by @Mr-Update in #1219
• Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in #1220
• Update Portuguese translation by @hugok79 in #1222
• Update Corsican translation for 3 recent commits by @Patriccollu in #1221
• Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in #1224
• Update Merge.rc incorporated by @Mr-Update in #1227
• Update German.po by @Mr-Update in #1228
• Some more Update Merge.rc incorporated by @Mr-Update in #1231
• One last Update Merge.rc incorporated by @Mr-Update in #1232
• Updates to all catalan translations. by @JosepMaJAZ in #1237
• Fix renaming process in folder compare window. by @tjmprm77 in #1246
• Update Corsican translation for commit a6b2783 by @Patriccollu in #1251
• Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in #1252
• Update German.po by @Mr-Update in #1254
• Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in #1255
• Fix typo in ShellFileOperations.cpp by @eltociear in #1256
• Update ChineseSimplified.po by @CharlesMengCA in #1257
• [Big PR - big changes] A lot of refactor and optimization commits by @GermanAizek in #1258
• Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in #1259
• Update Corsican translation for commit 54ef361 by @Patriccollu in #1260
• Update German.po by @Mr-Update in #1262

New Contributors

• @Rukoto made their first contribution in #1165
• @FTno made their first contribution in #1170
• @uniss2209 made their first contribution in #1172
• @gro00 made their first contribution in #1181
• @JosepMaJAZ made their first contribution in #1237
• @GermanAizek made their first contribution in #1258

Full Changelog: v2.16.18...v2.16.19