I really like the tool BeyondCompare. I had my company get me a license a couple weeks ago so I could do directory compares. If you want to compare releases or more complicated things, such as directories, just unzip them and run a tool like that to verify the differences. I've been using it to verify artifact integrity when I have to build a custom pom that can generate a war file generated by a third party UI, when I want to customize that generated WAR (since that company doesn't provide maven2 support for the generated war). Due to the fact that that kind of scenario is a hassle, it's nice to have a tool verify complex differences quickly. I don't know if there is a free version made by anyone else that is as good (I looked but didn't see one, but saw BeyondCompare recommended by others).
In case it will help you, here is the link: http://www.scootersoftware.com/ If you find a better tool, I've be interested to hear since I'd love to simplify more of these tasks if I can. On Dec 17, 2007 10:27 AM, Rémy Sanlaville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks all for your comments, > > Yes, the package will be different for date or time stamps reason and > comparing hashes (MD5 or SHA1) seems to be not enough. > But it's not always a problem to have such differences and it would be > nice > to find a tools that shows what changes from two packages. > > I had a look to JarDiff (http://www.osjava.org/jardiff/) but it's just for > jar packaging and for java classes. > > Regards, > > Rémy >
