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Re:How far should a programming language aware diff go? by whirlwin on Monday July 22, 2024 @03:45PM (#41038987)
After switching to difftastic for semantic diff, I have never looked back. (https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic)

How does semanticdiff compare to that? Anyone got experience?

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Re:How far should a programming language aware diff go? by DarkPlayer on Monday July 22, 2024 @04:00PM (#41039144)
You can find a comparison of the two tools here: https://semanticdiff.com/blog/semanticdiff-vs-difftastic/

As author of SemanticDiff, I am obviously a bit biased. But Wilfred, the author of difftastic, found the analysis to be "pretty even-handed" [1], so I think it should be somewhat fair.

[1]: https://x.com/_wilfredh/status/1764424652611318146

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