DiffEngine

DiffEngine manages launching and cleanup of diff tools. It is designed to be used by any Snapshot/Approval testing library.

See Milestones for release notes.

Currently used by:

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A tool can be launched using the following:

await DiffRunner.LaunchAsync(tempFile, targetFile);

Note that this method will respect the above difference behavior in terms of Auto refresh and MDI behaviors.

A tool can be closed using the following:

DiffRunner.Kill(file1, file2);

Note that this method will respect the above difference behavior in terms of MDI behavior.

DiffEngine use EmptyFiles to determine if a given file or extension is a binary or text. Custom extensions can be added, or existing ones changed.

BuildServerDetector.Detected returns true if the current code is running on a build/CI server.

Supports:

Set an environment variable DiffEngine_Disabled with the value true.

DiffRunner.Disabled = true;

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