multidiff

Module which allows the diffing of multiple files

Authors:

• Toon Willems (Ghent University)
• Kenneth Hoste (Ghent University)

MultiDiff

Bases: object

Class representing a multi-diff.

__init__(base_fn, base_lines, files, colored=True)

MultiDiff constructor

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
base_fn	base function to compare with
base_lines	base lines to compare to
files	list of files to compare with base
colored	boolean indicating whether a colored multi-diff should be generated DEFAULT: True

__str__()

Create a string representation of this multi-diff

color_line(line, color)

Create colored version of given line, with given color, if color mode is enabled.

colorize(line, squigly)

Add colors to the diff line based on the squigly line.

get_line(line_no)

Return the line information for a specific line

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
line_no	line number to obtain information for

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
	list with text lines providing line information

merge_squigly(squigly1, squigly2)

Combine two squigly lines into a single squigly line.

parse_line(line_no, diff_line, meta, squigly_line)

Register a diff line

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
line_no	line number
diff_line	diff line generated by difflib
meta	meta information (e.g., filename)
squigly_line	squigly line indicating which characters changed

multidiff(base, files, colored=True)

Generate a diff for multiple files, all compared to base.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
base	base to compare with
files	list of files to compare with base
colored	boolean indicating whether a colored multi-diff should be generated DEFAULT: True

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
	text with multidiff overview