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biserg/gendiff
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Gendiff - CLI, Hexlet education project

2.0(5y ago)081PHP

Since Sep 14Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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GenDiff
=======

[](#gendiff)

This app was created to help you find out the difference between two versions of file or two same type files. You are able to use it with .json or .yaml files. Also you can choose format of difference presentation. For example:

basic ('pretty') format
-----------------------

[](#basic-pretty-format)

```
{
  - follow: false
    host: hexlet.io
  - proxy: 123.234.53.22
  - timeout: 50
  + timeout: 20
  + verbose: true
}
```

plain format
------------

[](#plain-format)

```
Property 'common.follow' was added with value: false
Property 'common.setting2' was removed
Property 'common.setting3' was updated. From true to [complex value]
Property 'common.setting4' was added with value: 'blah blah'
Property 'common.setting5' was added with value: [complex value]
Property 'common.setting6.doge.wow' was updated. From 'too much' to 'so much'
Property 'common.setting6.ops' was added with value: 'vops'
Property 'group1.baz' was updated. From 'bas' to 'bars'
Property 'group1.nest' was updated. From [complex value] to 'str'
Property 'group2' was removed
Property 'group3' was added with value: [complex value]
```

json format
-----------

[](#json-format)

```
[{"type":"parent","key":"common","children":[{"type":"unchanged","key":"setting1","value":"Value 1"},{"type":"deleted","key":"setting2","value":200},{"type":"changed","key":"setting3","oldValue":true,"newValue":{"key":"value"}},{"type":"parent","key":"setting6","children":[{"type":"unchanged","key":"key","value":"value"},{"type":"parent","key":"doge","children":[{"type":"changed","key":"wow","oldValue":"too much","newValue":"so much"}]},{"type":"added","key":"ops","value":"vops"}]},{"type":"added","key":"follow","value":false},{"type":"added","key":"setting4","value":"blah blah"},{"type":"added","key":"setting5","value":{"key5":"value5"}}]},{"type":"parent","key":"group1","children":[{"type":"changed","key":"baz","oldValue":"bas","newValue":"bars"},{"type":"unchanged","key":"foo","value":"bar"},{"type":"changed","key":"nest","oldValue":{"key":"value"},"newValue":"str"}]},{"type":"deleted","key":"group2","value":{"abc":12345,"deep":{"id":45}}},{"type":"added","key":"group3","value":{"fee":100500,"deep":{"id":{"number":45}}}}]
```

Gendiff app is avaliable fo nested structures.

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

```
$ git clone https://github.com/IgBuS/php-project-lvl2.git

$ make install
```

If you use Composer, for package install use:

```
$ composer require biserg/gendiff
```

If you want app to be available globally, use global installation:

```
$ composer global require biserg/gendiff
```

How to run
----------

[](#how-to-run)

Local installation: (you have to be in package bin directory)

```
$ php gendiff
```

Global installation:

```
$ gendiff
```

Result video
------------

[](#result-video)

[![asciicast](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7369b91c3d48632d04c075929de3b3b7589e7f26e29b2725c90ae3392caa9733/68747470733a2f2f61736369696e656d612e6f72672f612f49694c45716c514a57396e594462713533686d5044416162792e737667)](https://asciinema.org/a/IiLEqlQJW9nYDbq53hmPDAaby)

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~11 days

Total

5

Last Release

2027d ago

Major Versions

1.3 → 2.02020-10-27

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/76394065?v=4)[IggyBis](/maintainers/IggyBis)[@Iggybis](https://github.com/Iggybis)

---

Top Contributors

[![IgBuS](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67070275?v=4)](https://github.com/IgBuS "IgBuS (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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