Available on NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/DocDiff
A file difference/comparison class. Performs much the same function as the Diff programs used in version control. Compares two strings in chunks as determined by a Regex splitter.
Differences takes two documents and emits a set of difference fragments.
Each fragment is either deleted, inserted, or unchanged between the two versions.
These fragments are more suited to visual display than change analysis.
There are a few splitters provided: Differences.PerSentence, Differences.PerLine, Differences.PerWord, Differences.PerCharacter.
Smaller splits result in more complex diffs, and use more memory and compute resource. PerWord or PerLine is probably best for most cases.
Changes = new Differences(oldVersion, newVersion, Differences.PerWord);
foreach (var change in fragments)
{
Console.WriteLine($"{change.Type}: '{change.Content}'");
}<style>
.i {color:black; background-color:#80FF80; padding:0; margin:0;}
.d {color:#FFa0a0; background-color:inherit; padding:0; margin:0;}
.u {color:#707070; background-color:inherit; padding:0; margin:0;}
</style>
<div class="text-center">
@foreach (var change in Model.Changes)
{
<span class="@change.TypeString">@change.Content</span>
}
</div>This is a basic patch/match tool.
The tools in DiffCode can be used to analyse differences, and store/retrieve various revisions of files.
The Decode/Encode methods have variants which are suitable for data transmission and database storage.
var changes = new Differences(left, right, Differences.PerWord);
var encodedChanges = DiffCode.StorageDiffCode(changes);
// Store 'encoded' and 'left'.
// We can then regenerate 'right':
var right = DiffCode.BuildRevision(left, encodedChanges);Regex splitters omit the matched parts unless they are in capturing groups. See that the examples in Default.aspx.cs (from the static 'Diff') are all in capturing groups.