Allow to compare folders to see changes to another folder

[zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd]

• VSCode Version: 1.4.0
• OS Version: Windows 10

currently only 1 file can be viewed in a diff mode, please enable diffing folders

[bpasero]

@Aleksey-Bykov maybe install a tool for diffing? why would VS Code allow you to diff 2 folders?

[zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd]

i use "meld" (http://meldmerge.org/) for diffing folders, by the same reasoning you might be wondering why i am not using VS2015 for writing code in TypeScript, well because i like everything in one place

[bpasero]

You need a folder diff tool to work with TypeScript?

[zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd]

any text file please

[zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd]

real life use case:

• doing code reviews using git difftool -d master from a feature branch against master

[zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd]

related: https://www.google.com/search?q=git+difftool+directory+diff

[bpasero]

@Aleksey-Bykov wait, now you talk about comparing git branches, for that we already have a feature request and that makes a lot more sense to me.

If so I would close this one because it draws the impression you want to compare 2 real folders on disk.

[zpdDG4gta8XKpMCd]

this is what happens behind the scene, git creates 2 folders for you, all you need to do is to feed them to a tool capable of diffing folders

[bpasero]

#6898