Manual: meld

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NAME
       meld - Visual diff and merge tool for the GNOME Desktop

SYNOPSIS
       meld [options]
       meld [options] FILE1
       meld [options] DIR1
       meld [options] FILE1 FILE2 [FILE3]
       meld [options] DIR1 DIR2 [DIR3]

DESCRIPTION
       Meld  is a graphical diff viewer and merge application for the GNOME desktop.  It supports 2 and 3-file diffs, recur‐
       sive directory diffs, diffing of directories under version control (Bazaar, CVS, Darcs, Fossil, Git,  Mercurial,	 Mo‐
       notone), as well as the ability to manually and automatically merge file differences.

OPTIONS
       --auto-compare, -a
	      Automatically compare all differing files on startup.

       --auto-merge
	      Automatically merge files

       --comparison-file=
	      Load a saved comparison from a Meld comparison file

       --diff FILE1|DIR1 FILE2|DIR2 [FILE3|DIR3]
	      Create  a	 diff  tab  for the given files or directories.	 Note that "meld --diff FILE1 FILE2" is functionally
	      equivalent to "meld FILE1 FILE2".	 However, the --diff argument can be given multiple times for one invocation
	      of meld which allows the user to automatically initiate multiple diffs when meld starts.	See examples below.

       --help, -h
	      Print application help and usage.

       --label=, -L 
	      Set application window title to .

       --newtab, -n
	      Open the comparison as a new tab in an already-running instance.

       --output, -o
	      Sets the save path for the middle buffer in a three-pane merge view. This is useful  for	loading	 the  middle
	      buffer from one file and saving it to another, for example in use as a version control merge helper.

       --unified, -u
	      Ignored for compatibility

       --version
	      Print application version and exit.

EXAMPLES
       meld
	      Run meld without initiating a diff.

       meld FILE1
	      Initiate a diff between FILE1 and the version-controlled copy of FILE1.

       meld DIR1
	      Initiate a recursive diff between DIR1 and the version-controlled copy of DIR1.

       meld FILE1 FILE2
	      Initiate a diff between FILE1 and FILE2.

       meld FILE1 FILE2 FILE3
	      Initiate a 3-way diff between FILE1, FILE2, and FILE3.

       meld DIR1 DIR2
	      Initiate a recursive diff between directory DIR1 and DIR2.

       meld DIR1 DIR2 DIR3
	      Initiate a recursive 3-way diff between directory DIR1, DIR2, and DIR3.

       meld --diff FILE1 FILE2 --diff FILE3 FILE4
	      Initiate a diff between FILE1 and FILE2, and a separate diff between FILE3 and FILE4.

BUGS
       If  you find a bug, please report it at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/issues or mail a description of the issue
       to meld-list@gnome.org.

AUTHORS
       See the AUTHORS text file in meld's source code (http://git.gnome.org/browse/meld/tree/AUTHORS).

							26 Sept 2010						     MELD(1)