ava / gendiff
Generate diff
0.7.11
2020-08-22 16:06 UTC
Requires
- ext-json: *
- docopt/docopt: ^1.0
- funct/funct: ^1.5
- symfony/yaml: ^5.1
Requires (Dev)
- phpunit/phpunit: ^9.2
- squizlabs/php_codesniffer: ^3.5
README
Description
Utility can generate diff between two files
Can be used as standalone CLI utility or as a library
Supports absolute and relative paths to files
File formats supported:
- json
- yaml
Output formats supported (see below for examples):
- pretty
- plain
- json
Requirements
- PHP 7.4
- ext-json extension installed
Installation
Standalone CLI utility
Global installation with composer recomended
$ composer g require ava/gendiff
Then you can run it globally (if you have global composer dir in your $PATH) as CLI program
Usage format is:
$ gendiff [--format <fmt>] <firstFile> <secondFile>
You can always get usage help with
$ gendiff -h
There are usage examples in section below
Library
Composer is recomended to install
$ composer require ava/gendiff
Then you can use it in your project
use function Gendiff\Core\compareFiles; ... $diff = compareFiles($filepath1, $filepath2);
This will return diff between files in pretty format
You also can pass 3rd argument to change format
Formats supported:
- pretty
- plain
- json
Below you can find examples how different formats looks