Troubleshooting
Problem
This technote explains why the error, Diff Merge does not support Diff/Merge of UTF8 data, occurs when using IBM Rational ClearCase to perform a diff or merge between versions.
Symptom
A message like the following is reported when attempting to perform a diff or merge between versions.
Diff Merge
"\USX\PrimaryWinClients\SubmitClients\DigitalSubmit.csproj@@\main\MainPage\SmithMain\0" contains UTF8 data.
Diff Merge does not support diff/merge of UTF8 data.
This operation might corrupt the data. Do you want to continue with this operation?
[{"Product":{"code":"SSSH27","label":"Rational ClearCase"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"GUI: Diff","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"7.0.0.4;7.0.1.3;7.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}}]
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
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