tldr/pages/common/difft.md

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