Gendiff (generating file difference)

Program that determines the difference between two data structures

• Support for various input formats: YAML, JSON
• Report generation in plain text, stylish, and JSON formats

Requirements:

• python >= 3.12
• uv >= 0.8

Help for use:

gendiff -h
usage: gendiff [-h] [-f FORMAT] first_file second_file

Compares two configuration files and shows a difference.

positional arguments:
  first_file
  second_file

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f FORMAT, --format FORMAT
                        set format of output

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Example

• Compare two files and output using stylish format:

gendiff <file_path1> <file_path2> --format=stylish

• Compare two files and output using plain format:

gendiff <file_path1> <file_path2> --format=plain

• Compare two files and output using json format:

gendiff <file_path1> <file_path2> --format=json

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Tech stack

• Language: python
• Packages:
  • ruff
  • pytest
  • uv

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Get started

• Clone repository:

git clone git@github.com:ilrosch/python-project-50.git

• Install dependencies:

make install

• Run linter:

make lint

• Run tests:

make test