Philiprehberger.TextDiff 0.1.0

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dotnet add package Philiprehberger.TextDiff --version 0.1.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Philiprehberger.TextDiff -Version 0.1.0
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<PackageReference Include="Philiprehberger.TextDiff" Version="0.1.0" />
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<PackageVersion Include="Philiprehberger.TextDiff" Version="0.1.0" />
                    


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<PackageReference Include="Philiprehberger.TextDiff" />
                    


                            Project file
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paket add Philiprehberger.TextDiff --version 0.1.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Philiprehberger.TextDiff, 0.1.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Philiprehberger.TextDiff@0.1.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Philiprehberger.TextDiff&version=0.1.0
                    


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#tool nuget:?package=Philiprehberger.TextDiff&version=0.1.0
                    


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Philiprehberger.TextDiff

CI NuGet License

Line-by-line text diff using Myers' algorithm — unified diff output, side-by-side comparison, and structured DiffResult objects.

Installation

dotnet add package Philiprehberger.TextDiff

Usage

using Philiprehberger.TextDiff;

var result = Diff.Compare("hello\nworld", "hello\nearth");
Console.WriteLine($"Changes: {result.HasChanges}, Added: {result.AddedCount}, Removed: {result.RemovedCount}");

Compare Strings

using Philiprehberger.TextDiff;

var result = Diff.Compare("line one\nline two\nline three", "line one\nline 2\nline three");

foreach (var line in result.Lines)
{
    var prefix = line.Type switch
    {
        DiffLineType.Added => "+",
        DiffLineType.Removed => "-",
        _ => " "
    };
    Console.WriteLine($"{prefix} {line.Content}");
}

Unified Diff Output

using Philiprehberger.TextDiff;

var oldText = "alpha\nbeta\ngamma\ndelta";
var newText = "alpha\nbeta\nepsilon\ndelta";

var unified = Diff.Unified(oldText, newText, "file-v1.txt", "file-v2.txt", context: 2);
Console.WriteLine(unified);
// --- file-v1.txt
// +++ file-v2.txt
// @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
//  alpha
//  beta
// -gamma
// +epsilon
//  delta

Structured DiffResult

using Philiprehberger.TextDiff;

var result = Diff.Compare("a\nb\nc", "a\nc");

Console.WriteLine($"Has changes: {result.HasChanges}");
Console.WriteLine($"Added: {result.AddedCount}");
Console.WriteLine($"Removed: {result.RemovedCount}");
Console.WriteLine($"Unchanged: {result.UnchangedCount}");

API

Diff

Method Description
Compare(oldText, newText) Compares two texts and returns a DiffResult with lines and statistics
Unified(oldText, newText, oldLabel?, newLabel?, context?) Produces a unified diff string with ---, +++, and @@ headers
Lines(oldText, newText) Returns a list of DiffLine entries with change types and line numbers

DiffResult

Property Type Description
Lines IReadOnlyList<DiffLine> The individual diff lines
AddedCount int Number of added lines
RemovedCount int Number of removed lines
UnchangedCount int Number of unchanged lines
HasChanges bool Whether the texts differ

DiffLine

Property Type Description
Type DiffLineType Added, Removed, or Unchanged
Content string The text content of the line
OldLineNumber int? 1-based line number in the old text
NewLineNumber int? 1-based line number in the new text

Development

dotnet build src/Philiprehberger.TextDiff.csproj --configuration Release

License

MIT

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 was computed.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 was computed.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
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