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difftastic
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Linus Torvalds adds arbitrary tabs to kernel code
i want a diff tool that shows me exactly which tokens have changed, and which haven't, regardless of how they are laid out.
These already exist: https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic
when we get that, then we should get even less merge conflicts.
Counterintuitively, that is not the case. AST-merge is a much, much, much, much, much harder problem than AST-diff.
https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic?tab=readme-ov-file#can...
The fact that diffs can be used to drive a 3-way merge is in fact an accidental property that arises due to the sheer crudeness of the diff format. As soon as you start using more-sophisticated diff formats, solutions to "the diff problem" no longer lead directly to solutions to "the merge problem".
- FLaNK AI Weekly 25 March 2025
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Difftastic, a structural diff tool that understands syntax
Yes there is an `—-override` option you can use to specify the language in which a file should be parsed.
https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/blob/master/CHANGELOG....
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So You Think You Know Git – Git Tips and Tricks by Scott Chacon
Use the fantastic difftastic instead of git's diff. https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/
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- Difftastic: A structural diff tool that understands syntax
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SemanticDiff now supports Rust
difftastic provides similar capabilities in a free tool based on treesitter
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My programming language aware diff for VS Code and GitHub now supports Rust
difftastic? https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic
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Prettier $20k Bounty was Claimed
If you're looking for a VS Code extension or a GitHub app, check out https://semanticdiff.com/. I'm a co-founder of this project.
If you prefer a CLI tool, check out https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic. It supports more languages, but doesn't recognize when code has been replaced by an equivalent version ("invariances"). So it will show some changes (e.g. replacing a character in a string with an escape sequence) even though they are technically equivalent.
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Pijul: Version-Control Post-Git • Goto 2023
Shameless plug: I've written difftastic[1], a tool that builds ASTs and then does a structural diff of them. You can use it with git too.
It's an incredibly hard problem though, both from a computational complexity point of view, and trying to build a comprehensible UI once you've done the structural AST diff.
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Always leave a trailing comma in Python lists, dicts, tuples
There is a diff tool called difftastic: https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic
The idea is that it does not show diff based on text change, but on syntastic meaning. For that, it uses tree-sitter.
I think it still shows the trailing comma in the situation as shown in the article, but it's quite different experience than the standard text based diff.
Visual Studio Code
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Build a Music Player with Python
When working in Visual Studio Code (VS Code), create a new Python file for our music player project. It's helpful to have separate files for different parts of your project.
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Why single vendor is the new proprietary
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/forks
27,000 people seem to have done so.
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Scrape Redfin Property Data
Choosing IDE: Selecting a suitable Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is crucial for efficient coding. Consider popular options such as PyCharm, Visual Studio Code, or Jupyter Notebook. Install your preferred IDE and ensure it's configured to work with Python.
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"Just Start!" - A double-edged sword.
I was doing it all wrong, designing and developing on the fly, using the same tool - VScode; Making one step forward and ten back when I mess up with good code while trying to get rid of the bad. I had gotten away with it for three pages, but it had finally caught up with me.
- Zed Multibuffers not planned for VSCode
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TypeScript Development Set Up for VSCode
VSCode
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GETTING STARTED WITH FLUTTER
IDE: Many IDES can be used with Flutter but the two most common ones are; Android Studio and Visual Studio Code (VS code). We will work through the setup of VS Code in this article. To download VS Code, just click on Visual Studio Code if you are on Windows or Visual Studio Code for iOS
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Show HN: VSCode drains MacBook Pro (M2) battery in 2hrs
Excellent!
FWIW, here's the link to troubleshooting vs code performance issues from the project's GitHub Wiki:
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A Guide to Parsing CSV Files in Go
IDE of choice (e.g. Visual Studio Code)
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How to Develop a User Data Storage Registration Form Using Python.
When working in Visual Studio Code (VS Code), start by creating a new Python file for your registration form project. It's helpful to have separate files for different parts of your project.
What are some alternatives?
delta - A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output
thonny - Python IDE for beginners
diffsitter - A tree-sitter based AST difftool to get meaningful semantic diffs
reactide - Reactide is the first dedicated IDE for React web application development.
neogit - An interactive and powerful Git interface for Neovim, inspired by Magit
Spyder - Official repository for Spyder - The Scientific Python Development Environment
gumtree - An awesome code differencing tool
doom-emacs - An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs]
tree-sitter-cpp - C++ grammar for tree-sitter
KDevelop - Cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP
git-split-diffs - Syntax highlighted side-by-side diffs in your terminal
vscodium - binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing