To change line termination in output files

About this task

By default, when creating a merge output file (by use of the Save command on the File menu), Diff Merge uses the same line termination characters as those that are in the contributors to the merge.

Procedure

  1. Click Edit > Properties.
  2. In the Properties window, set an option in Output Line Termination:
    • To retain the style of line terminators used in the contributors when creating the merge output file, set Same as contributors.
    • To force the merge output file to have Windows line terminators, regardless of the style used by the contributors, set Windows-Style <CR><LF>.
    • To force the merge output file to have line terminators that are used on Linux, regardless of the style used by the contributors, select UNIX-Style <LF>.