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Jun 13, 2021 at 16:27
My syntactic diff tool basically works! Diffing trees and printing them in a comprehensible way is extremely tricky. I'm hoping to get something I can release once I've hammered out the bugs. WIP code is at
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GitHub - Wilfred/difftastic: a structural diff that understands syntax 🟥🟩
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a structural diff that understands syntax 🟥🟩. Contribute to Wilfred/difftastic development by creating an account on GitHub.
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I've written difftastic packaging instructions: https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/packaging_difftastic.html The different distros have taken different approaches, so I'm trying to help with common gotchas — don't forget the man page! Feedback welcome, especially if you've ever packaged something 🙂
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