difft

Compare files or directories based on the syntax of the programming language. See also: delta, diff. More information: https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/introduction.html.

• Compare two files or directories:

difft path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2

• Only report the presence of differences between the files:

difft --check-only path/to/file1 path/to/file2

• Specify the display mode (default is side-by-side):

difft --display side-by-side|side-by-side-show-both|inline|json path/to/file1 path/to/file2

• Ignore comments when comparing:

difft --ignore-comments path/to/file1 path/to/file2

• Enable/Disable syntax highlighting of source code (default is on):

difft --syntax-highlight on|off path/to/file1 path/to/file2

• Do not output anything at all if there are no differences between files:

difft --skip-unchanged path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2

• Print all programming languages supported by the tool, along with their extensions:

difft --list-languages