diffo 0.1.0

# diffo

**Semantic diffing for Rust structs via serde.**

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## Features

- 🚀 **Zero boilerplate** - works with any `Serialize` type
- 🎯 **Path-based changes** - `user.roles[2].name`
- 🎨 **Multiple formatters** - pretty, JSON, JSON Patch (RFC 6902), Markdown
- 🔒 **Secret masking** - hide sensitive fields
- 🔧 **Configurable** - float tolerance, depth limits, collection caps
- ⚡ **Fast** - optimized for production use

## Quick Start

```rust
use diffo::diff;
use serde::Serialize;

#[derive(Serialize)]
struct Config {
    version: String,
    port: u16,
}

let old = Config { version: "1.0".into(), port: 8080 };
let new = Config { version: "1.1".into(), port: 8080 };

let d = diff(&old, &new).unwrap();
println!("{}", d.to_pretty());
```

**Output:**
```
version
  - String("1.0")
  + String("1.1")
```

## Installation

Add to your `Cargo.toml`:

```toml
[dependencies]
diffo = "0.1"
```

## Examples

### Basic Usage

```rust
use diffo::diff;
use serde::Serialize;

#[derive(Serialize)]
struct User {
    id: u64,
    name: String,
    email: String,
}

let old = User {
    id: 1,
    name: "Alice".into(),
    email: "alice@old.com".into()
};

let new = User {
    id: 1,
    name: "Alice Smith".into(),
    email: "alice@new.com".into()
};

let diff = diff(&old, &new).unwrap();

// Check specific changes
assert!(diff.get("name").is_some());
assert!(diff.get("email").is_some());
assert!(diff.get("id").is_none());
```

### Masking Secrets

```rust
use diffo::{diff_with, DiffConfig};

let config = DiffConfig::new()
    .mask("*.password")
    .mask("api.secret");

let diff = diff_with(&old, &new, &config).unwrap();
```

### Float Tolerance

```rust
use diffo::DiffConfig;

let config = DiffConfig::new()
    .float_tolerance("metrics.*", 1e-6)
    .default_float_tolerance(1e-9);

let diff = diff_with(&old, &new, &config).unwrap();
```

### Output Formats

```rust
let diff = diff(&old, &new).unwrap();

// Pretty format (human-readable)
println!("{}", diff.to_pretty());

// JSON format
let json = diff.to_json()?;

// JSON Patch (RFC 6902)
let patch = diff.to_json_patch()?;

// Markdown table (great for PRs)
let markdown = diff.to_markdown()?;
```

**JSON Patch Output:**
```json
[
  {
    "op": "replace",
    "path": "/name",
    "value": "Alice Smith"
  },
  {
    "op": "replace",
    "path": "/email",
    "value": "alice@new.com"
  }
]
```

**Markdown Output:**

| Path | Change | Old Value | New Value |
|------|--------|-----------|-----------|
| name | Modified | "Alice" | "Alice Smith" |
| email | Modified | "alice@old.com" | "alice@new.com" |

## Use Cases

- **Config changes** - Track configuration drift
- **Audit logs** - Record what changed in entities
- **API testing** - Compare expected vs actual responses
- **Migration tools** - Validate data transformations
- **Database migrations** - Verify schema changes
- **CI/CD** - Detect unintended changes

## Advanced Configuration

```rust
use diffo::DiffConfig;

let config = DiffConfig::new()
    // Ignore specific paths
    .ignore("*.internal")
    .ignore("metadata.timestamp")

    // Mask sensitive data
    .mask("*.password")
    .mask("*.secret")

    // Float comparison tolerance
    .float_tolerance("metrics.*.value", 1e-6)
    .default_float_tolerance(1e-9)

    // Limit depth (prevent stack overflow)
    .max_depth(32)

    // Limit collection size
    .collection_limit(500);

let diff = diff_with(&old, &new, &config)?;
```

## Edge Cases Handled

- **Floats**: NaN == NaN, -0.0 == +0.0
- **Large collections**: Automatic elision with configurable limits
- **Large byte arrays**: Hex previews instead of full dumps
- **Deep nesting**: Configurable depth limits
- **Type mismatches**: Clear reporting when types differ

## Performance

Diffo is designed for production use:

- **O(n)** complexity for most operations (n = number of fields)
- **Index-based** sequence diffing (not LCS, which is O(n²))
- **Efficient** path representation with BTreeMap
- **Zero-copy** where possible

Typical performance (on modest hardware):
- Small struct (5 fields): ~1-2 μs
- Medium struct (50 fields): ~10-20 μs
- Large struct (500 fields): ~100-200 μs

## Comparison with Alternatives

| Feature | diffo | serde-diff | json-diff |
|---------|-------|------------|-----------|
| Path notation | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Secret masking | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| JSON Patch (RFC 6902) | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Float tolerance | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Works with any Serialize | ✅ | ✅ | JSON only |
| Multiple formatters | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Collection limits | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |

## Roadmap

### v0.2
- [ ] LCS-based sequence diffing (patience algorithm)
- [ ] Configurable sequence diff strategies
- [ ] Custom comparator functions per path

### v0.3
- [ ] Path interning for performance
- [ ] Streaming diff for very large structures
- [ ] Diff application (apply changes to produce new value)

### v1.0
- [ ] Stable API guarantee
- [ ] Comprehensive benchmarks vs alternatives
- [ ] Performance optimization guide

## Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or PR on GitHub.

## License

Licensed under either of:

- Apache License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

## Acknowledgments

Built with:
- [serde](https://serde.rs/) - Serialization framework
- [serde-value](https://github.com/arcnmx/serde-value) - Generic value representation