jrv-text-diff

Compare two texts, files, or code snippets and show exactly what changed. Supports unified diff, side-by-side view, word-level highlighting, and structural diff for JSON/YAML.

Quick Start

# Compare two files
python3 scripts/text_diff.py file1.txt file2.txt

# Compare inline strings
python3 scripts/text_diff.py --text "hello world" --text2 "hello there"

# Unified diff (patch format)
python3 scripts/text_diff.py file1.txt file2.txt --format unified

# Side-by-side comparison
python3 scripts/text_diff.py file1.txt file2.txt --format side-by-side