cdiff -> "Content Diff"
This is a simple program that compares the text content of two HTML documents and then shows the diff in nvim.
It tries to align lines, even if the order is different, so that a direct line-by-line comparison can be made.
Setup
This requires that you configure nvim to force a line-by-line diff:
" In `init.vim` or equivalent
" Configure vimdiff
" to force line-by-line comparison,
" instead of trying to figure out
" what lines should go together.
set diffexpr=LineDiff()
function LineDiff()
let opt = ""
if &diffopt =~ "icase"
let opt = opt .. "-i "
endif
if &diffopt =~ "iwhite"
let opt = opt .. "-b "
endif
silent execute "!diff <(nl -ba " .. v:fname_in .. ") <(nl -ba " .. v:fname_new .. ") > " .. v:fname_out
redraw!
endfunction
set diffopt+=followwrap " Preserve line-wrapping settings when using vimdiff
Usage
cdiff /path/to/source-of-truth.html /path/to/version-to-update.html