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dwdiff – diff program that operates at the word level

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dwdiff is a diff program that operates at the word level instead of the line level.

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Wdiff – wordwise implementation of diff

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms Software

wdiff is a front end to diff for comparing files on a word per word basis. A word is anything between whitespace.

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ydiff – coloured incremental side-by-side diff viewer

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ydiff is a coloured incremental diff viewer with side-by-side display, automatic paging, custom themes and Git, Mercurial and Jujutsu.

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diffr – word-by-word diff highlighting utility

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

diffr refines unified diff output with word-level highlighting, configurable colours, line numbers and Git integration in the terminal.

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colordiff – colourise diff output

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

colordiff is a configurable wrapper for diff that adds ANSI colour highlighting to unified, context, side-by-side and other diff formats.

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diffoscope – in-depth comparison of files, archives and directories

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

diffoscope recursively compares files, archives and directories, transforming many binary formats into human-readable text or HTML reports.

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icdiff – side-by-side coloured diff

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

icdiff is a side-by-side terminal diff tool with coloured word-level changes, recursive directory comparison, line numbers and Git support.

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delta – syntax-highlighting pager for Git and diff output

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

delta is a syntax-highlighting pager for Git, diff, grep and blame output with side-by-side views, navigation, hyperlinks and themes.

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diff-so-fancy – human-readable diff output

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

diff-so-fancy makes Git and unified diff output easier to read with refined highlighting, cleaner headers, rulers, and patch mode.

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difftastic – structural diff tool that understands syntax

June 10, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

difftastic is a structural diff tool that compares syntax trees, ignores formatting noise, and integrates with Git and Mercurial.

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