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eq/diff
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Utility for finding differences in configuration files

1.0.0(8y ago)022MITPHP

Since Oct 9Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Diff Finder
===========

[](#diff-finder)

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Description
-----------

[](#description)

Utility for finding differences in configuration files.

Supported JSON and YAML files.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

`$ composer require eq/diff`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$ ~/vendor/bin/gendiff -h
Generate diff

Usage:
  gendiff (-h|--help)
  gendiff [--format ]

Options:
  -h --help                     Show this screen
  --format                 Report format [default: pretty]

```

Pretty output:

```
$ ~/vendor/bin/gendiff first.json second.json
   {
       "common": {
           "setting1": "Value 1"
         - "setting2": "200"
           "setting3": true
         - "setting6": {
               "key": "value"
           }
         + "setting4": "blah blah"
         + "setting5": {
               "key5": "value5"
           }
       }
       "group1": {
         - "baz": "bas"
         + "baz": "bars"
           "foo": "bar"
       }
     - "group2": {
           "abc": "12345"
       }
     + "group3": {
           "fee": "100500"
       }
   }

```

Plain output:

```
$ ~/vendor/bin/gendiff --format plain first.json second.json
Property 'common.setting2' was removed
Property 'common.setting6' was removed
Property 'common.setting4' was added with value: 'blah blah'
Property 'common.setting5' was added with value: 'complex value'
Property 'group1.baz' was changed. From 'bas' to 'bars'
Property 'group2' was removed
Property 'group3' was added with value: 'complex value'

```

JSON output:

```
$ ~/vendor/bin/gendiff --format json first.json second.json
[{"key":"common","type":"nested","children":[{"key":"setting1","type":"unchanged","from":"Value 1","to":null},{"key":"setting2","type":"removed","from":"200","to":null},{"key":"setting3","type":"unchanged","from":true,"to":null},{"key":"setting6","type":"removed","from":{"key":"value"},"to":null},{"key":"setting4","type":"added","from":"blah blah","to":null},{"key":"setting5","type":"added","from":{"key5":"value5"},"to":null}]},{"key":"group1","type":"nested","children":[{"key":"baz","type":"changed","from":"bas","to":"bars"},{"key":"foo","type":"unchanged","from":"bar","to":null}]},{"key":"group2","type":"removed","from":{"abc":"12345"},"to":null},{"key":"group3","type":"added","from":{"fee":"100500"},"to":null}]

```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3134d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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