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This PR adds comprehensive examples demonstrating git-like tree diffing and merging workflows using
Prolly Trees, with professional color-coded terminal output for enhanced readability.

What's Added

🔍 Git Diff Example (examples/git_diff_example.rs)

  • Realistic branching scenarios: Shows how trees evolve separately from a common root
  • Three-way comparisons: main→feature, main→hotfix, and feature↔hotfix diffs
  • Detailed analysis: File-level change tracking with additions, deletions, and modifications
  • Git-like workflow: Simulates git diff main..feature style comparisons

🔀 Git Merge Example (examples/git_merge_example.rs)

  • Fast-forward merge: When target branch is ahead of source
  • Three-way merge: When both branches have diverged from common base
  • Conflict resolution: Automatic detection and resolution of merge conflicts
  • Professional strategies: Demonstrates real-world merge scenarios

🎨 Professional Terminal Output

  • Semantic color coding:
    • 🟢 Green for success states and additions
    • 🔴 Red for conflicts and removals
    • 🔵 Blue for modifications and analysis
    • 🟡 Yellow for data and statistics
    • ⚫ Gray for secondary information
  • No emoji dependency: Clean, accessible output suitable for all terminals
  • Git-like aesthetics: Familiar formatting for developers

🔧 Technical Features

  • Cryptographic verification: Each merge produces verifiable tree hashes
  • Conflict detection: Identifies when same data is modified differently
  • Merge strategies: Multiple approaches for different scenarios

Example Output

Diff Example

Git-like Tree Diffing Example

Creating main branch with initial data...
Main branch created with 5 files
Main tree hash: Some(ValueDigest([182, 243, 75, ...]))

Diff: main -> feature (shows what feature adds/changes)
Similar to: git diff main..feature
Changes: +0 files, -1 files, ~1 files modified

Merge Example

Scenario 3: Merge with conflicts
══════════════════════════════════════
Conflicts detected: 2 conflicts
Both modified: version.txt
Branch A: 1.1.0
Branch B: 1.0.1
Resolution: Using Branch A version
Conflicts resolved automatically!

🎯 Use Cases

  • Version control systems: Demonstrate Prolly Tree capabilities for git-like workflows
  • Distributed systems: Show efficient tree diffing and merging
  • Data synchronization: Examples for conflict resolution strategies
  • Educational: Clear demonstrations of Prolly Tree merge algorithms

Future Enhancements

Based on analysis, the core library could benefit from:

  • Adding merge methods to the Tree trait
  • Creating a dedicated merge module for standardized conflict resolution
  • Enhancing diff functionality for three-way merge support

These examples demonstrate the foundation for such enhancements and provide a clear path forward for
integrating merge capabilities into the core Prolly Tree API.

@zhangfengcdt zhangfengcdt merged commit c88187d into main Jul 16, 2025
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@zhangfengcdt zhangfengcdt deleted the feature/enhance-diff-merge branch July 29, 2025 00:02
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