gendiff

Compares two JSON, YAML files and shows the changes between them in different formats: pretty, plain, json.

Installation

• Install PHP 7.2+ and Composer.
• Run composer global require alexp11223/gendiff.
• Make sure that the Composer global bin dir (composer global config bin-dir --absolute) is in your PATH.

Usage

gendiff [--format <fmt>] <firstFile> <secondFile>

Examples:

gendiff before.json after.json
gendiff before.yaml after.yaml
gendiff before.json after.yaml
gendiff before.json after.json --format plain
gendiff before.json after.json --format json

pretty

Human-readable JSON-like format similar to diff.

Flat files:

Nested objects:

plain

Textual description of the changes.

json

JSON tree describing the changes, intended for automated processing.