Difftastic, a structural diff tool that understands syntax

Re:Difftastic, a structural diff tool that understands syntax by layer8 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @01:52PM (#39782012)

From the screenshot examples in the readme, I’m not sure how substantial the benefits are over GUI tools like Kdiff3 or WinMerge that have existed for ages.

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Re:Difftastic, a structural diff tool that understands syntax by sanxchit on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:38PM (#39782620)

I've used WinMerge, its very different from the above tool because its still a text diff. It often gets the diffs wrong when multiple lines are involved. Take this trivial C# example: https://www.diffchecker.com/gr0H7qA1/

Most diff tools throw out something that is quite difficult to parse, but difftastic gave me the most concise diff so far.

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