--- title: Tkdiff slug: tkdiff qid: snapshot: enwiki-001353624374 content_hash: license: CC BY-SA 4.0 source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353624374 tags: [23117742, 23237873, 24444191, 25397562, 26748027, 44729026, 55595458] --- # Tkdiff > [!note] Provenance > Snapshot `enwiki-001353624374` · content root `…` > Derived from · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 tkdiff is a graphical diff viewer based on the Tk framework. It is capable of inter-operating with source-control systems like CVS and Subversion to show the differences between the local copy and the repository version. Such a line-by-line comparison is often considered to be good software engineering practice before committing code changes. Tkdiff highlight specific differences within a line shared by both files, rather than simply indicating that the whole line differs. tkdiff is a graphical diff viewer based on the Tk framework. It is capable of inter-operating with source-control systems like CVS and Subversion to show the differences between the local copy and the repository version. Such a line-by-line comparison is often considered to be good software engineering practice before committing code changes. Tkdiff highlight specific differences within a line shared by both files, rather than simply indicating that the whole line differs. ==Example usage== tkdiff — to compare the two files and tkdiff — to compare the local version of the given file to the most recent version in the CVS/Subversion repository tkdiff can also compare two older revisions of a file, etc. ==References==