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Last update: 09/09/2025

diff

An LCS based slice and string diffing implementation.

Latest version: 0.1.13 registry icon
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Safety score
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Popularity score
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Security
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0.1.13 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.12 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.11 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.10 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.9 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.8 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.7 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.6 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.5 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.4 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.3 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.2 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.1 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Stability
Latest release:

0.1.13 - This version may not be safe as it has not been updated for a long time. Find out if your coding project uses this component and get notified of any reported security vulnerabilities with Meterian-X Open Source Security Platform

Licensing

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Apache-2.0   -   Apache License 2.0

Not a wildcard

Not proprietary

OSI Compliant

MIT   -   MIT License

Not a wildcard

Not proprietary

OSI Compliant

diff.rs

An LCS based slice and string diffing implementation.

Install

[dependencies]
diff = "0.1"

Example

extern crate diff;

fn main() {
    let left = "foo\nbar\nbaz\nquux";
    let right = "foo\nbaz\nbar\nquux";

    for diff in diff::lines(left, right) {
        match diff {
            diff::Result::Left(l)    => println!("-{}", l),
            diff::Result::Both(l, _) => println!(" {}", l),
            diff::Result::Right(r)   => println!("+{}", r)
        }
    }
}

prints

 foo
-bar
 baz
+bar
 quux

License

diff is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0).

See LICENSE-APACHE, and LICENSE-MIT for details.