TheKr1d / Gendiff

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Difference calculator

Difference calculator is a program with command-line interface (CLI) that generates a difference between two data structures or configuration files. Performs the following operations: reading files, parsing incoming data, building a tree of differences, forming the necessary output. The algorithm is based on tree recursion.

Main features:

• Supports different input formats: json, yaml.
• Generates a report in the form of plain text, stylish and json.

1. Tilt the repository:

  git clone [e-mail]:TheKr1d/frontend-project-lvl2.git

2. Establish a dependency:

  make install
  make publish

For help run gendiff -h or gendiff --help:

$ gengiff --help
Usage: gendiff [options] <filepath1> <filepath2>
Compares two configuration files and shows a difference.
Options:
  -v, --version        output the version number
  -f, --format <type>  output format (default: "stylish")
  -h, --help           display help for command

Run:

gendiff [options] <path/to/file1> <path/to/file2>

Work example.

Running the compare 2 json files command.

Perform a comparison of 2 json files with the format plain.