XML Diff

[mgbrown]

I know this is a bit specialist, but it would be great if there was a better way of doing XML diffs inside DiffMerge. For example the following are the same in my case, but get shown as a difference:

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<test>
	<subElement value="Hello"></subElement>
</test>

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<test>
	<subElement value="Hello" />
</test>

More advanced than the first example, but still the same XML are these:

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<myns:test xmlns:myns="http://www.example.com">
  <myns:subElement value="Hello" />
</myns:test>

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<test xmlns="http://www.example.com">
  <subElement value="Hello" />
</test>

[jeffhostetler]

Sorry, but DiffMerge is not an XML-aware application. We've had several
requests for that, but that's just not the direction we're headed.

A quick Google search for "XML diff merge" shows lots of XML-aware tools.
I've not played with the XML diffing/merging of any of them, so I can't
make any recommendations here.

jeff hostetler