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Gendiff

a simple utility for comparing two files

• Supports input formats as JSON and YAML
• Output in three formats: plain, tree-like and JSON
• Use as CLI utility or library

Installation

Use the package manager pip to install gendiff.

pip install --user git+https://github.com/sgmdlt/python-project-lvl2.git

Usage

As library function

from gendiff import generate_diff

diff = generate_diff(file_path1, file_path2, style)
print(diff)

As CLI util

❯ gendiff -h
usage: gendiff [-h] [-f {json,plain,stylish}] first_file second_file

Generate difference of two JSON or YAML files.

positional arguments:
  first_file            path to first file
  second_file           path to second file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f [stylish, plain, json], --format [stylish, plain, json]
                        set format of output (default: stylish)

Usage examples

As you can see, it's pretty straightforward

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What about nested files?

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'Plain style' output

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Output is JSON