[BUG] Ecoding issues do not show up in the difference window
Author: myway880Created Sep 1, 2026Updated Sep 2, 2026
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Description
Files that deffer only in encoding e.g ANSI vs UTF-8 or have encoding errors are flagged correctly as different. but not why they are different, with no indication in the comparison window of encoding. the user may assume that the difference is windows vs linux end of line handling is what is causing the no visual difference, and could overwrite and change the encoding of files without realizing it,
In the case of python code for example this could mean silent crashing because of failed imports of files with encoding issues...
Steps to reproduce
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WinMerge version
2.16.56.2
Platform
Windows x64
Additional information
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Source: WinMerge/winmerge