Gendiff - generator of difference

Gendiff (generator of difference) is program that determines the difference between two data structures.

Utility features:

• Support for different input formats: yaml, json
• Generating of report in plain text, stylish and json format

Requirements

I've developed this program using v14.14.0 of Node.

If you face with some issues while using other versions of node just try to use v14.14.0.

For Linux / macOS systems

To install the program just run inside cloned folder

$ make install

Uninstall program

$ make uninstall

Get help information

$ gendiff -h

Compare two files

$ gendiff pathToFile1.json pathToFile2.json

Compare two files using other formats

$ gendiff -f plain pathToFile1.json pathToFile2.json

$ gendiff -f json pathToFile1.json pathToFile2.json

Run tests

$ make test

For Windows PCs

To install the program just run inside cloned folder

$ npm ci
...
$ npm link

Run tests

$ npm run win-test

All other actions are the same as for Linux / macOS systems.