mirror of
https://github.com/uutils/diffutils.git
synced 2026-07-08 19:26:54 -04:00
Gustavo Noronha Silva
72c7802f06
This is in preparation for adding the other diffutils commands, cmp, diff3, sdiff. We use a similar strategy to uutils/coreutils, with the single binary acting as one of the supported tools if called through a symlink with the appropriate name. When using the multi-tool binary directly, the utility needds to be the first parameter.
The goal of this package is to be a drop-in replacement for the diffutils commands in Rust.
Based on the incomplete diff generator in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs, and made to be compatible with GNU's diff and patch tools.
Installation
Ensure you have Rust installed on your system. You can install Rust through rustup.
Clone the repository and build the project using Cargo:
git clone https://github.com/uutils/diffutils.git
cd diffutils
cargo build --release
Example
cat <<EOF >fruits_old.txt
Apple
Banana
Cherry
EOF
cat <<EOF >fruits_new.txt
Apple
Fig
Cherry
EOF
$ cargo run -- -u fruits_old.txt fruits_new.txt
Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.00s
Running `target/debug/diffutils -u fruits_old.txt fruits_new.txt`
--- fruits_old.txt
+++ fruits_new.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
Apple
-Banana
+Fig
Cherry
License
diffutils is licensed under the MIT and Apache Licenses - see the LICENSE-MIT or LICENSE-APACHE files for details