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The easiest way to diff two files directly in solution explorer. This extension is inspired by a Visual Studio feature request, so please vote for it if you think it should be built in.
Here�s are the commands available from the right-click menu in Solution Explorer:
- Compare two files in Solution Explorer
- Compare file with another file on disks
- Compare file with content of clipboard
- Compare file with its unmodified version
Select two files in Solution Explorer and right-click to bring up the context menu.
Then select Selected Files to see them side-by-side in the diff view.
If you only selected a single file, a file selector prompt will show up to let you select which file on disk to diff against.
If there is text content on the clipboard, you can compare a file with it by selecting Clipboard from the context menu.
There are also commands specific to the code editor. By right-clicking inside the code editor, you�ll get the following options for diffing:
- Compare selection with clipboard
- Compare active file with clipboard
- Compare active file with saved
- Compare active file with file on disk
