Diff files from two folders

Monday, February 14, 2011 EST (Updated on: Sunday, July 24, 2011 EDT)

by: Eric Potvin

Here's a simple command to check the difference between two folders.

diff -qr /home/user/path/ /home/other_user/path/

For example, you are working on an SVN project X with a friend using different branches. You want to check which files he modified before committing your files.

You simply need to fun this command:

diff --exclude=.svn -qr /home/user/path/ /home/other_user/path/

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