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MELD(1)			    General Commands Manual		       MELD(1)

NAME
       meld - Visual diff and merge tool for the GNOME Desktop

SYNOPSIS
       meld [options]
       meld [options] FILE1
       meld [options] DIR1
       meld [options] FILE1 FILE2 [FILE3]
       meld [options] DIR1 DIR2	[DIR3]

DESCRIPTION
       Meld  is	 a  graphical  diff viewer and merge application for the GNOME
       desktop.	 It supports 2 and 3-file diffs,  recursive  directory	diffs,
       diffing	of directories under version control (Bazaar, CVS, Darcs, Fos-
       sil, Git, Mercurial, Monotone), as well as the ability to manually  and
       automatically merge file	differences.

OPTIONS
       --auto-compare, -a
	      Automatically compare all	differing files	on startup.

       --auto-merge
	      Automatically merge files

       --comparison-file=<file>
	      Load a saved comparison from a Meld comparison file

       --diff FILE1|DIR1 FILE2|DIR2 [FILE3|DIR3]
	      Create a diff tab	for the	given files or directories.  Note that
	      "meld  --diff  FILE1  FILE2" is functionally equivalent to "meld
	      FILE1 FILE2".  However, the --diff argument can be given	multi-
	      ple  times  for  one invocation of meld which allows the user to
	      automatically initiate multiple diffs when meld starts.  See ex-
	      amples below.

       --help, -h
	      Print application	help and usage.

       --label=<label>,	-L <label>
	      Set application window title to <label>.

       --newtab, -n
	      Open the comparison as a new tab in an already-running instance.

       --output, -o
	      Sets the save path for the middle	buffer in a  three-pane	 merge
	      view. This is useful for loading the middle buffer from one file
	      and  saving  it to another, for example in use as	a version con-
	      trol merge helper.

       --unified, -u
	      Ignored for compatibility

       --version
	      Print application	version	and exit.

EXAMPLES
       meld
	      Run meld without initiating a diff.

       meld FILE1
	      Initiate a diff between FILE1 and	the version-controlled copy of
	      FILE1.

       meld DIR1
	      Initiate a recursive diff	 between  DIR1	and  the  version-con-
	      trolled copy of DIR1.

       meld FILE1 FILE2
	      Initiate a diff between FILE1 and	FILE2.

       meld FILE1 FILE2	FILE3
	      Initiate a 3-way diff between FILE1, FILE2, and FILE3.

       meld DIR1 DIR2
	      Initiate a recursive diff	between	directory DIR1 and DIR2.

       meld DIR1 DIR2 DIR3
	      Initiate	a  recursive  3-way diff between directory DIR1, DIR2,
	      and DIR3.

       meld --diff FILE1 FILE2 --diff FILE3 FILE4
	      Initiate a diff between FILE1 and	FILE2, and a separate diff be-
	      tween FILE3 and FILE4.

BUGS
       If   you	  find	 a   bug,   please   report   it    at	  https://git-
       lab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/issues	or  mail a description of the issue to
       meld-list@gnome.org.

AUTHORS
       See    the    AUTHORS	text	file	in    meld's	source	  code
       (http://git.gnome.org/browse/meld/tree/AUTHORS).

				 26 Sept 2010			       MELD(1)

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