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diffutils

package module

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Versions in this module

v0

v0.1.0

Oct 27, 2026

Changes in this version

+ var ErrCrossPackageError = errors.New("error from different doterr package")

+ var ErrDiffUtils = errors.New("diffutils")

+ var ErrEmptyInput = errors.New("empty input")

+ var ErrInvalidArgumentType = errors.New("invalid argument type")

+ var ErrMisplacedError = errors.New("error in wrong position")

+ var ErrMissingSentinel = errors.New("missing required sentinel error")

+ var ErrNilContent = errors.New("nil content")

+ var ErrOddKeyValueCount = errors.New("odd number of key-value arguments")

+ var ErrTrailingKey = errors.New("trailing key without value")

+ func AppendErr(errs []error, err error) []error

+ func CombineErrs(errs []error) error

+ func ErrValue[T any](err error, key string) (T, bool)

+ func Errors(err error) []error

+ func FindErr[T error](err error) (out T, ok bool)

+ func GetContextDiffString(diff ContextDiff) (string, error)

+ func GetUnifiedDiffString(diff UnifiedDiff) (string, error)

+ func MsgErr(msg any) error

+ func NewErr(parts ...any) error

+ func SplitLines(s string) []string

+ func WithErr(parts ...any) error

+ func WriteContextDiff(writer io.Writer, diff ContextDiff) error

+ func WriteUnifiedDiff(writer io.Writer, diff UnifiedDiff) (err error)

+ type ChangeType int

+ const LinesAdded

+ const LinesDeleted

+ func (ct ChangeType) String() string

+ type ContextDiff UnifiedDiff

+ type DiffChange struct

+ NewRange LineRange

+ OldRange LineRange

+ Type ChangeType

+ type DiffContent struct

+ Changes []DiffChange

+ Label string

+ NewLines []string

+ OldLines []string

+ func DiffLines(old, new []string, label string) (content *DiffContent, err error)

+ type DiffSource interface

+ DiffContent func() (*DiffContent, error)

+ type ErrKV interface

+ Key func() string

+ Value func() any

+ func AnyKV(key string, value any) ErrKV

+ func AppendKV(kvs []ErrKV, parts ...any) []ErrKV

+ func BoolKV(key string, value bool) ErrKV

+ func ErrMeta(err error) []ErrKV

+ func ErrorKV(key string, value error) ErrKV

+ func Float64KV(key string, value float64) ErrKV

+ func Int64KV(key string, value int64) ErrKV

+ func IntKV(key string, value int) ErrKV

+ func StringKV(key, value string) ErrKV

+ type InlineHighlighter interface

+ HighlightInline func(oldLine, newLine string) (oldResult, newResult string)

+ type IsDotErrEntry = interface

+ HasKV func(key string, value any) bool

+ IsDotErrEntry func()

+ MatchKV func(key string, value any) bool

+ type LineRange struct

+ Count int

+ Start int

+ type Match struct

+ A int

+ B int

+ Size int

+ type OpCode struct

+ I1 int

+ I2 int

+ J1 int

+ J2 int

+ Tag byte

+ type SequenceMatcher struct

+ IsJunk func(string) bool

+ func NewMatcher(a, b []string) *SequenceMatcher

+ func NewMatcherWithJunk(a, b []string, autoJunk bool, isJunk func(string) bool) *SequenceMatcher

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) GetGroupedOpCodes(n int) [][]OpCode

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) GetMatchingBlocks() []Match

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) GetOpCodes() []OpCode

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) QuickRatio() float64

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) Ratio() float64

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) RealQuickRatio() float64

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) SetSeq1(a []string)

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) SetSeq2(b []string)

+ func (m *SequenceMatcher) SetSeqs(a, b []string)

+ type UnifiedDiff struct

+ A []string

+ B []string

+ Context int

+ Eol string

+ FromDate string

+ FromFile string

+ ToDate string

+ ToFile string