Is there any diff/merge tool for programming languages, that works in a syntax-aware way (like XML Diff Tool), doing more than compare line-by-line (and optionally ignoring whitespace).
I'm interested in a program actually following the language syntax and delimeters, suggesting changes without breaking syntactic correctness, or bundling statements separated over multiple lines. Example behavior would be:
*upon finding an if(){
which introduces an extra nesting level automatically bundle the closing brace }
several lines below with it.)
*keep matching syntax elements together, avoid silliness like removing a block tends to create:
int function_A()
{
int ret;
ret = something;
ret += something_else;
return ret;
}
int function_B()
{
if(valid)
{
int ret;
ret = something;
ret += something_else;
return ret;
}
else return -1;
}
Personally, I'd love to find software capable of handling C++ syntax, but knowing about solutions for other languages would be interesting too.
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