text-diff.rs

A Rust text diffing library.

Documentation

Examples

let (dist, changeset) = diff("test", "tent", "");

assert_eq!(changeset, vec![
    Difference::Same("te".to_string()),
    Difference::Rem("s".to_string()),
    Difference::Add("n".to_string()),
    Difference::Same("t".to_string())
]);

Usage

Add the following to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies.text_diff]

git = "https://github.com/johannhof/text-diff.rs.git"

Now you can use the crate in your code

extern crate text_diff;

Using the binary

text-diff can also be used as a command-line application. The best way to install it is using rustle:

curl -sf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brson/rustle/master/rustle.sh | sh -s -- https://github.com/johannhof/text-diff.rs