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#godiff A File/Directory diff-like comparision tool with HTML output.
This program can be use to compare files and directories for differences. When comparing directories, it iterates through all files in both directories and compare files having the same name.
See example output here:
##How to use godiff
godiff file1 file2 > results.html
godiff directory1 directory > results.html
See godiff -h for all the available command line options
##Features
- When comparing two directory, place all the differences into a single html file.
- Supports UTF8 file.
- Show differences within a line
- Options for ignore case, white spaces compare, blank lines etc.
##Description
I need a program to to compare 2 directories, and report differences in all files. Much like gnudiff, but with a nicer output. And I also like to try out the go programming language, so I created godiff.
The diff algorithm implemented here is based on "An O(ND) Difference Algorithm and its Variations" by Eugene Myers Algorithmica Vol. 1 No. 2, 1986, p 251.
godiff always tries to produce the minimal differences, just like gnudiff with the "-d" option.
##Go Language
This program is created in the go programming language. For more information about go, see golang.org
##How to Build
On Linux or Darwin OS
go build -o godiff godiff.go godiff_unix.go
On Windows
go build -o godiff.exe godiff.go godiff_windows.go
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File/Directory diff tool with HTML output Copyright (C) 2012 Siu Pin Chao This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Description:
This program can be use to compare files and directories for differences. When comparing directories, it iterates through all files in both directories and compare files having the same name. It uses the algorithm from "An O(ND) Difference Algorithm and its Variations" by Eugene Myers Algorithmica Vol. 1 No. 2, 1986, p 251.
Main Features:
- Supports UTF8 file.
- Show differences within a line
- Options for ignore case, white spaces compare, blank lines etc.
Main aim of the application is to try out the features in the go programming language. (golang.org)
Slices: Used extensively, and re-slicing too whenever it make sense.
File I/O: Use Mmap for reading text files
Function Closure: Use in callbacks functions to handle both file and line compare
Goroutines: for running multiple file compares concurrently, using channels and mutex too.
History ------- 2012/09/20 Created
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