Compare Files Quickly In Vscode

the case

the question is, how to quickly compare two files in vscode and ideally, merge changes when needed

• I used beyond compare at the moment to do this kind of work more fluently

1. config

• color settings to work properly on my theme (Community Material Theme Ocean High Contrast)

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {       "diffEditor.removedTextBackground": "#FF000050",       "diffEditor.insertedTextBackground": "#ffff0035",       ...}

• I found a flow that is fastest for me, by first associating a keyboard shortcut ctrl+shift+alt+c to Compare Active File With…

2. steps

1. Open or focus target-file
2. Open or focus source-file.
3. Press ctrl+shift+alt+c → a quick open menu will be shown with target-file focused.
4. Press Enter.

• Result: source-file on left and target-file on right

5. Proceed with alt+f5 and return with shift+alt+f5

3. sources

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/52300744
• themes — How to change diff color Visual Studio Code — Stack Overflow
• Copy/replace/add left <-> right in compare views · Issue #25887 · microsoft/vscode