difft

Compare files or directories based on the syntax of the programming language.

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