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diff tools cannot handle moving code blocks (lemmy.ca)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
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  • Adding a line: ✅
  • Removing a line: ✅
  • Modifying a line: ✅
  • Moving a codeblock: ❌ i see you've rewritten everything, let me just highlight it all.

RIP reviewers on my PR.

(Meme created by my coworker)

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[–] mormegil@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Try difftastic! https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic

[–] dill@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago

That logo tho. oh noooooo

[–] flux@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

It doesn't actually detect moved code, though, like git diff can? I gave it a shot and also there's a couple issues open about it, e.g. https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/issues/520 .

Other than that, difftastic is quite nice.