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I am looking for a tool that is able to compare directories, not only files. Also it is important to be able to call the tool from the command line.

It would be great to have a free tool, if not free please specify the price.

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Diffmerge should meet all your requirements.

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I just hope that they will make an installer that will be able to install the command line starters and improve the current install experience. – Sorin Sbarnea Mar 16 '11 at 17:24
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FileMerge (free), shipped with Xcode, offers a directory view.
A command line version is available through the Terminal application opendiff.

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+1 for opendiff – Nate Mar 15 '11 at 12:26
I would like to choose this answer because opendiff could be considered almost "bundled" with the OS X but when I tries to diff two folders it opened an ugly view that was not so easy to understand and also I was not able to see how do I merge two files in file view. I'm sure it is possible but if this basic feature is not obvious, I will prefer to look for something better ;) – Sorin Sbarnea Mar 16 '11 at 17:22
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I recently purchased a copy of Kaleidoscope (approx $40 US). It's a clean app.

vimdiff is also available via the commandline and is portable across most UNIXy domains.

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I've been using Kaleidoscope for a few months now. Worth the price. It goes on sale occasionally. – Ian C.♦ Mar 15 '11 at 13:49
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I use Folder Sync It costs $8.99 on the Mac App Store It works really nicely.

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