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New in 11: Diff Tool for Binary Files

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Konstantin Bulenkov

Did you know that IntelliJ IDEA 11 Diff Tool supports some of binary contents? Now, it’s not a problem to see changes from file history or a change list. Every binary content you’re able to open in IntelliJ might be compared in Diff Tool: UML diagrams, SWF files, of course images, and much, much more.

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8 Responses to New in 11: Diff Tool for Binary Files

Taras Tielkes says:
November 10, 2011
LOL – The JetBrains Bearded Wonders 🙂
Y says:
November 11, 2011
Hello Aphex Twin lovers!
Daniel Alves says:
November 11, 2011
Laughing until now! kkkkk 😀
Denis.Zhdanov says:
November 11, 2011
You rock!
Nick says:
November 11, 2011
Very good!
fxbird says:
November 11, 2011
I don’t think it’s very useful.
Arno.Nyhm says:
November 30, 2011
i think the image diff tool should also highlight the changed regions to see the changed parts
Sorin P says:
June 13, 2017
How can I diff files of generic (unknown) binary file type?

(Actually in my case I want to diff binary files of type .p12 key/certificate, but I suppose they are not supported by any IntelliJ plugin, so I want at least a generic hex diff. Is that possible?)