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The goal of this package is to be a drop-in replacement for the [diffutils commands](https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/) in Rust.
Based on the incomplete diff generator in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs, and made to be compatible with GNU's diff and patch tools.
## Installation
Ensure you have Rust installed on your system. You can install Rust through [rustup](https://rustup.rs/).
Clone the repository and build the project using Cargo:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/uutils/diffutils.git
cd diffutils
cargo build --release
```
## Example
```bash
cat <<EOF >fruits_old.txt
Apple
Banana
Cherry
EOF
cat <<EOF >fruits_new.txt
Apple
Fig
Cherry
EOF
$ cargo run -- -u fruits_old.txt fruits_new.txt
Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.00s
Running `target/debug/diffutils -u fruits_old.txt fruits_new.txt`
--- fruits_old.txt
+++ fruits_new.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
Apple
-Banana
+Fig
Cherry
```
## License
diffutils is licensed under the MIT and Apache Licenses - see the `LICENSE-MIT` or `LICENSE-APACHE` files for details