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Here we share news, best practices and insights into the ongoing development of SemanticDiff.

SemanticDiff vs. Difftastic: How do they differ?
SemanticDiff vs. Difftastic: How do they differ?

Both tools aim to provide a better diff, but which one fits your needs? We compared their inner workings, features, and workflow integration to help you decide.

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Unicode tricks in pull requests: Do review tools warn us?
Unicode tricks in pull requests: Do review tools warn us?

How well do GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket support reviewers in finding malicious code changes in pull requests? Let’s give it a test.

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SemanticDiff 0.8.8: Support For Rust And More
SemanticDiff 0.8.8: Support For Rust And More

The eight beta release of our VS Code extension / GitHub App SemanticDiff adds support for Rust, new invariances and other enhancements.

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SemanticDiff GitHub Beta Now Supports Private Repos
SemanticDiff GitHub Beta Now Supports Private Repos

Our SemanticDiff GitHub App got support for accessing private repositories, as well as review features like adding comments.

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SemanticDiff 0.8.6: Support For Java And More
SemanticDiff 0.8.6: Support For Java And More

The sixth beta release of our VS Code extension / GitHub App SemanticDiff adds support for Java, introduces invariances for integer literals and more.

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SemanticDiff 0.8.5: Minimap, Comments and more
SemanticDiff 0.8.5: Minimap, Comments and more

The fifth beta release of SemanticDiff adds a minimap, better move detection and review comments to our VS Code extension / GitHub App.

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SemanticDiff 0.8.4: Quality improvements & .po support
SemanticDiff 0.8.4: Quality improvements & .po support

The fourth beta release of SemanticDiff brings several quality improvements, new invariances and support for .po files to our VS Code extension and GitHub App.

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3 Predictions About The Future Of Code Reviews
3 Predictions About The Future Of Code Reviews

What will be the next big step for code reviews? Will AI-based reviews replace human reviews? Join me as I share my thoughts on the future of code reviews.

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SemanticDiff Now Available For GitHub
SemanticDiff Now Available For GitHub

SemanticDiff for the web: Our pull request viewer lets you review GitHub pull requests with a programming language aware diff right in your browser.

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SemanticDiff 0.8.3: Support For Go And More
SemanticDiff 0.8.3: Support For Go And More

The third beta release of SemanticDiff adds support for comparing Go files, improves nearly all supported programming languages, and increases the speed as well as the accuracy.

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Comparing Files in Visual Studio Code
Comparing Files in Visual Studio Code

This guide will tell you everything you need to know about comparing files in Visual Studio Code. Learn the different ways to select files for comparison and the tricks you can use to get better diffs.

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SemanticDiff 0.8.2: JSON Support And More
SemanticDiff 0.8.2: JSON Support And More

The second beta release of SemanticDiff adds support for comparing JSON files, can hide more irrelevant changes, and fixes several minor bugs. Find out how you can benefit from the changes.

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SemanticDiff Beta Is Now Available For Download
SemanticDiff Beta Is Now Available For Download

SemanticDiff enters public beta and can be downloaded via the Visual Studio Marketplace. Learn which programming languages are supported and how to get less noisy diffs in Visual Studio Code.

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