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v0

v0.7.0

May 7, 2026

v0.6.0

Mar 23, 2026

Changes in this version

+ func IsGitRepo() bool

+ func ResolveGitRef(ref string) (string, error)

+ type GitCommitInfo struct

+ Author string

+ Body string

+ Date string

+ Ref string

+ Remote string

+ SHA string

+ Subject string

+ func (c *GitCommitInfo) CommitURL() string

+ func (c *GitCommitInfo) PRNumber() string

+ func (c *GitCommitInfo) PRURL() string

+ type GitMeta struct

+ CommitA *GitCommitInfo

+ CommitB *GitCommitInfo

+ func BuildGitMeta(refA, refB string) *GitMeta

type Mode

+ const ModeGit

type Result

+ Git *GitMeta

+ func CompareGitWorkTree() (*Result, error)

v0.5.0

Mar 22, 2026

Changes in this version

type DetailResult

+ Image *ImageDiff

type FileKind

+ const KindImage

+ type ImageDiff struct

+ ChangeBounds image.Rectangle

+ ChangePercent float64

+ ColorModelA string

+ ColorModelB string

+ DiffMask image.Image

+ FormatA string

+ FormatB string

+ HeightA int

+ HeightB int

+ ImageA image.Image

+ ImageB image.Image

+ PixelsChanged int

+ PixelsTotal int

+ WidthA int

+ WidthB int

type Mode

+ const ModeImage

v0.4.0

Mar 21, 2026

v0.3.0

Mar 21, 2026

v0.2.0

Mar 21, 2026

v0.1.0

Mar 21, 2026

Changes in this version

+ var ErrBinaryContent = fmt.Errorf("file contains binary content")

+ type BinaryDiff struct

+ Sections []SectionChange

+ Symbols []SymbolChange

+ type DetailResult struct

+ Binary *BinaryDiff

+ Dir *DirSummary

+ Kind FileKind

+ Plist *PlistDiff

+ Text *TextDiff

+ func Detail(result *Result, node *Node) (*DetailResult, error)

+ type DiffStatus int

+ const Added

+ const Modified

+ const Removed

+ const Unchanged

+ func (s DiffStatus) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error)

+ func (s DiffStatus) String() string

+ type DirSummary struct

+ Added int

+ Modified int

+ Removed int

+ SizeDelta int64

+ TotalFiles int

+ Unchanged int

+ type FileKind int

+ const KindArchive

+ const KindDSYM

+ const KindData

+ const KindDirectory

+ const KindMachO

+ const KindPlist

+ const KindText

+ const KindUnknown

+ func (k FileKind) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error)

+ func (k FileKind) String() string

+ type Line struct

+ Content string

+ Kind string

+ type Mode = string

+ const ModeBinary

+ const ModePlist

+ const ModeText

+ const ModeTree

+ type Node struct

+ Children []*Node

+ IsDir bool

+ Kind FileKind

+ Name string

+ Path string

+ SizeA int64

+ SizeB int64

+ Status DiffStatus

+ func (n *Node) SizeDelta() int64

+ type PlistChange struct

+ KeyPath string

+ Status DiffStatus

+ ValueA string

+ ValueB string

+ type PlistDiff struct

+ Changes []PlistChange

+ type Result struct

+ Mode Mode

+ PathA string

+ PathB string

+ Root *Node

+ Summary Summary

+ func Compare(pathA, pathB, mode Mode) (*Result, error)

+ type SectionChange struct

+ Section string

+ Segment string

+ SizeA int64

+ SizeB int64

+ type Summary struct

+ Added int

+ Modified int

+ Removed int

+ SizeDelta int64

+ Unchanged int

+ func ComputeSummary(root *Node) Summary

+ type SymbolChange struct

+ Name string

+ Status DiffStatus

+ type TextDiff struct

+ Hunks []TextHunk

+ type TextHunk struct

+ Lines []Line

+ NewCount int

+ NewStart int

+ OldCount int

+ OldStart int