What's the problem?

When several people are updating and making copies of the same files, multiple versions easily blossom out of control. Figuring out what's changed, what hasn't and merging it all back together can be a huge pain in the ass, but it doesn't have to be. Say your kids downloaded images from the digital camera repeatedly to folders all over your hard drive. You and your co-worker lost track of who made the latest changes to that PowerPoint presentation. You want to merge the changes between two updated files into one. Fear not. The free, open source, previously-mentioned Mergear is a powerful utility that can help coders and civilians alike merge and compare data on their hard drives. Let's take a look.

Mergear combines both simplicity, and powerfulness into one package, and gets you merging in no-time! By using simple, powerful commands you can focus on the differences you're interested in and ignore those you're not. You can then merge the changes, synchronize your files, and generate reports for your records. You can compare entire drives and folders at high speed, checking just sizes and modified times. Or, thoroughly verify every file with byte-by-byte comparisons. FTP sites and zip files are integrated seamlessly, so you can update your website with the touch of a button. Once you've found specific files you're interested in, Mergear can intelligently pick the best way to compare and display them. Text files can be viewed and edited with syntax highlighting and comparison rules tweaked specifically for documents, source code, and HTML. Data files, executables, binary data, and images all have dedicated viewers as well, so you always have a clear view of the changes. If you require more advanced features; Mergear is also the perfect program for you!