Difference Generator

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Description

Difference Generator - is a program that identifies the difference between two data structures. The program can be used as a command-line utility or installed as a library in third-party applications.

Features:

• Input formats: YAML, YML, JSON.
• Formats to display:

1. STYLISH (default) - output of differences in text format;
2. PLAIN - output of differences in the form of a tree structure;
3. JSON - output differences in JSON format. This format allows you to use the output in machine reading.

To get help information about utility use default help option -h, --help

gendiff -h

System requirements:

Node.js >= v16.9.0

Setup

make install
npm link

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Demonstration

Comparison of flat JSON format files

gendiff __fixtures__/file1.json __fixtures__/file2.json

Comparison of flat YML/YAML format files

gendiff __fixtures__/file1.yml __fixtures__/file2.yaml

Comparison of JSON/YML/YAML format files with nested structure in 'stylish' format

gendiff --format stylish __fixtures__/file3.json __fixtures__/file4.json

Comparison of JSON/YML/YAML format files with nested structure in 'plain' format

gendiff --format plain __fixtures__/file3.json __fixtures__/file4.yaml

Comparison of JSON/YML/YAML format files with nested structure in 'json' format

gendiff --format json __fixtures__/file3.json __fixtures__/file4.yaml