Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Discussion of open issues, suggestions and bugs regarding file and folder merge tool – Code Compare
jaenicke
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Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by jaenicke » Fri 12 Sep 2014 13:25

Hello,

at the moment I am evaluating the trial. Our current merge tool is Beyond Compare (paid version).

In comparison Code Compare has much more features and displays the differences much better. But unfortunately it is much slower. Beyond Compare starts nearly at once, while Code Compare needs 3 seconds. For a tool, which I use to have a quick look at all changed files in a repository (for example), this is much too slow.

Is there any way to reduce the startup time? Otherwise I can't use Code Compare even though it would be much better...

Thank you,
Sebastian

AlexeyN
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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by AlexeyN » Tue 16 Sep 2014 08:30

Hello,

Code Compare longest loading takes place at its first launch in this session (e.g. restart computer and launch Code Compare). Next comparisons should be launched in one second or even faster on a modern machine.

I suggest you to turn on the 'Prevent Code Compare closing' option at Tools -> Options -> Code Compare -> General'. This will force Code Compare to hide to the system tray instead of closing, so next comparisons will be near to instant.

jaenicke
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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by jaenicke » Tue 07 Oct 2014 10:30

In the meanwhile I tried Code Compare with this setting. Yes, now it loads much faster. Not so fast as Beyond Compare, but acceptable.

Thank you!

anders
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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by anders » Mon 22 Dec 2014 19:44

I have the same issue, all comparisons load very slowly (at least 3 seconds) - configuration: Image

Running version 4.0.54 in VS 2013 SP4 on Windows Server 2012 R2.

Thoughts?

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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by AlexeyN » Tue 23 Dec 2014 10:59

Do you open comparison inside Visual Studio? What VCS do you use? How exactly do you launch comparison?

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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by anders » Tue 23 Dec 2014 14:57

AlexeyN wrote:Do you open comparison inside Visual Studio? What VCS do you use? How exactly do you launch comparison?
Yes, I only open comparisons inside Visual Studio. We're using TFS, but most of the time I launch a comparison from inside a code review (Devart's Review Assistant).

I would add that it takes 3 seconds for the tab to appear, and typically another 2-3 seconds for the panes and code to load, so usually 5-6 seconds total.

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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by AlexeyN » Wed 24 Dec 2014 12:55

I have created task to improve performance with VCS + Code Compare. Thank you for participation.

privatepyle
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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by privatepyle » Wed 25 Feb 2015 09:42

Any progress on this issue?

On our 8GB / i7 / SSD / Win7 / Visual Studio 2013 / TFS 2010 machines, file compares seem to get slower every day. At the moment, a simple compare takes almost 20 seconds to open. If this can't be fixed soon, we will have to try and find a new comparison tool.

Are there any ways to profile performance, to see how much time is lost because of TFS?

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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by AlexeyN » Wed 25 Feb 2015 14:35

First of all we need to know how exactly you launch comparison. Do you use Review Assistant?

We will highly appreciate your help in determining the bottleneck. To do so, please measure comparison time by opening the same file with different tools. E.g. open file in Code Compare, then switch comparison tool to Visual Studio internal, and open the same file again. Any other measurements are welcome.

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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by privatepyle » Wed 25 Feb 2015 16:05

Problem only exist if comparison is launched inside visual studio. But there, it doesnt matter, if I compare TFS files (launch code compare via TFS source control explorer) or if I choose 2 files in windows explorer. Both takes around 19 seconds.

If I start the standalone code compare client, comparison is shown instantly.

So only the visual studio plugin seems to be affected.

By the way: If the files are equal, the message is shown very fast.

Closing the comparison tab also takes around 3 seconds.

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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by AlexeyN » Thu 26 Feb 2015 12:06

As far as I can see, the problem is in abnormally long creation of comparison window. Try to open the same file in normal way. Does creation of that window last fast?

Please send us information about the installed Visual Studio extensions (you can get this info at Help -> About -> Copy Info). You can copy and paste the info into this topic, or send it directly to support.

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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by privatepyle » Thu 26 Feb 2015 12:25

You mean if we just click view? That takes a second.

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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by AlexeyN » Tue 03 Mar 2015 12:02

Thank you for reporting the problem. We will investigate it ASAP.

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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by privatepyle » Tue 17 Mar 2015 11:08

Any news here?

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Re: Code Compare starts very slow, normal?

Post by AlexeyN » Thu 19 Mar 2015 12:32

Now we are involved in another Devart project, so the Code Compare project progress is low. We plan to deal with Code Compare in the nearest future, but I can not provide exact dates.

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