DiffEngine manages launching and cleanup of diff tools. It is designed to be used by any Snapshot/Approval testing library.

Currently used by:

• ApprovalTests
• Verify

Support is available via Tidelift.

• NuGet package
• Supported Tools
• Launching a tool
• Closing a tool
• File type detection
• BuildServerDetector
• Security contact information
• Tools
• Tool Order
• Custom Tool

• https://nuget.org/packages/DiffEngine/

• AraxisMerge
• BeyondCompare
• CodeCompare
• DeltaWalker
• DiffMerge
• Kaleidoscope
• KDiff3
• Meld
• P4Merge
• Rider
• SublimeMerge
• TkDiff
• TortoiseGitMerge
• TortoiseIDiff
• TortoiseMerge
• VisualStudio
• VisualStudioCode
• WinMerge

A tool can be launched using the following:

DiffRunner.Launch(tempFile, targetFile);

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Note that this method will respect the above difference behavior in terms of Auto refresh and MDI behaviors.

A tool can be closed using the following:

DiffRunner.Kill(tempFile, targetFile);

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Note that this method will respect the above difference behavior in terms of MDI behavior.

DiffEngine use EmptyFiles to determine if a given file or extension is a binary or text.

BuildServerDetector.Detected returns true if the current code is running on a build/CI server.

Supports:

• AppVeyor
• Travis
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• AzureDevops
• TeamCity

To report a security vulnerability, use the Tidelift security contact. Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure.

Engine designed by Eucalyp from The Noun Project.