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Superdiff compares two arrays or objects and return a complete diff of their differences in a readable format.
https://github.com/DoneDeal0/superdiff

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Superdiff compares two arrays or objects and return a complete diff of their differences in a readable format.

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# SUPERDIFF

This library compares two arrays or objects and returns a full diff of their differences.

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## WHY YOU SHOULD USE THIS LIBRARY

All other existing solutions return a strange diff format that often requires additional parsing. They are also limited to object comparison. 👎

**Superdiff** gives you a complete diff for both array and objects in a very readable format. Last but not least, it's battle-tested and super fast. Import. Enjoy. 👍

## DONORS

I am grateful to the generous donors of **Superdiff**!


AlexisAnzieu
omonk
sneko

## DIFF FORMAT COMPARISON

Let's compare the diff format of **Superdiff** and **Deep-diff**, the most popular diff lib on npm:

input:

```diff
const objectA = {
id: 54,
user: {
name: "joe",
- member: true,
- hobbies: ["golf", "football"],
age: 66,
},
}

const objectB = {
id: 54,
user: {
name: "joe",
+ member: false,
+ hobbies: ["golf", "chess"],
age: 66,
},
}
```

**Deep-Diff** output:

```js
[
{
kind: "E",
path: ["user", "member"],
lhs: true,
rhs: false,
},
{
kind: "E",
path: ["user", "hobbies", 1],
lhs: "football",
rhs: "chess",
},
];
```

**SuperDiff** output:

```diff
{
type: "object",
+ status: "updated",
diff: [
{
property: "id",
previousValue: 54,
currentValue: 54,
status: "equal",
},
{
property: "user",
previousValue: {
name: "joe",
member: true,
hobbies: ["golf", "football"],
age: 66,
},
currentValue: {
name: "joe",
member: false,
hobbies: ["golf", "chess"],
age: 66,
},
+ status: "updated",
subPropertiesDiff: [
{
property: "name",
previousValue: "joe",
currentValue: "joe",
status: "equal",
},
+ {
+ property: "member",
+ previousValue: true,
+ currentValue: false,
+ status: "updated",
+ },
+ {
+ property: "hobbies",
+ previousValue: ["golf", "football"],
+ currentValue: ["golf", "chess"],
+ status: "updated",
+ },
{
property: "age",
previousValue: 66,
currentValue: 66,
status: "equal",
},
],
},
],
}
```

## FEATURES

**Superdiff** exports 4 functions:

### getObjectDiff()

```js
import { getObjectDiff } from "@donedeal0/superdiff";
```

Compares two objects and return a diff for each value and their potential subvalues:

- property name
- status: `added`, `deleted`, `equal`, `updated`
- previous value, current value
- supports deeply nested objects with any kind of values

format:

```ts
type ObjectDiff = {
type: "object";
status: "added" | "deleted" | "equal" | "updated";
diff: {
property: string;
previousValue: any;
currentValue: any;
status: "added" | "deleted" | "equal" | "updated";
// only appears if some subproperties have been added/deleted/updated
subPropertiesDiff?: {
property: string;
previousValue: any;
currentValue: any;
status: "added" | "deleted" | "equal" | "updated";
// subDiff is a recursive diff in case of nested subproperties
subDiff?: SubProperties[];
}[];
}[];
};
```

**Options**

You can add a third `options` parameter to `getObjectDiff`.

```ts
{
ignoreArrayOrder?: boolean // false by default,
showOnly?: {
statuses: ("added" | "deleted" | "updated" | "equal")[], // [] by default
granularity?: "basic" | "deep" // "basic" by default
}
}
```

- `ignoreArrayOrder`: if set to `true`, `["hello", "world"]` and `["world", "hello"]` will be treated as `equal`, because the two arrays have the same value, just not in the same order.
- `showOnly`: returns only the values whose status you are interested in. It takes two parameters:

- `statuses`: status you want to see in the output (e.g. `["added", "equal"]`)
- `granularity`:
- `basic` returns only the main properties whose status matches your query.
- `deep` can return main properties if some of their subproperties' status match your request. The subproperties are filtered accordingly.

### getListDiff()

```js
import { getListDiff } from "@donedeal0/superdiff";
```

Compares two arrays and returns a diff for each value:

- index change: `prevIndex`, `newIndex`, `indexDiff`
- status: `added`, `deleted`, `equal`, `moved`, `updated`
- value
- supports arrays of primitive values and objects
- supports arrays with duplicate values

format:

```ts
type ListDiff = {
type: "list";
status: "added" | "deleted" | "equal" | "moved" | "updated";
diff: {
value: any;
prevIndex: number | null;
newIndex: number | null;
indexDiff: number | null;
status: "added" | "deleted" | "equal" | "moved" | "updated";
}[];
};
```

**Options**

You can add a third `options` parameter to `getListDiff`.

```ts
{
showOnly?: ("added" | "deleted" | "moved" | "updated" | "equal")[], // [] by default
referenceProperty?: string; // "" by default
ignoreArrayOrder?: boolean // false by default,
}
```

- `showOnly` gives you the option to return only the values whose status you are interested in (e.g. `["added", "equal"]`).
- `referenceProperty` will consider an object to be updated instead of added or deleted if one of its properties remains stable, such as its `id`. This option has no effect on other datatypes.
- `ignoreArrayOrder`: if set to `true`, `["hello", "world"]` and `["world", "hello"]` will be treated as `equal`, because the two arrays have the same value, just not in the same order.

### isEqual()

```js
import { isEqual } from "@donedeal0/superdiff";
```

Tests whether two values are equal.

**Options**

You can add a third `options` parameter to `isEqual`.

```ts
{
ignoreArrayOrder?: boolean // false by default,
}
```

- `ignoreArrayOrder`: if set to `true`, `["hello", "world"]` and `["world", "hello"]` will be treated as `equal`, because the two arrays have the same value, just not in the same order.

### isObject()

```js
import { isObject } from "@donedeal0/superdiff";
```

Tests whether a value is an object.

## EXAMPLES

### getListDiff()

input

```diff
getListDiff(
- ["mbappe", "mendes", "verratti", "ruiz"],
+ ["mbappe", "messi", "ruiz"]
);
```

output

```diff
{
type: "list",
+ status: "updated",
diff: [
{
value: "mbappe",
prevIndex: 0,
newIndex: 0,
indexDiff: 0,
status: "equal",
},
- {
- value: "mendes",
- prevIndex: 1,
- newIndex: null,
- indexDiff: null,
- status: "deleted",
- },
- {
- value: "verratti",
- prevIndex: 2,
- newIndex: null,
- indexDiff: null,
- status: "deleted",
- },
+ {
+ value: "messi",
+ prevIndex: null,
+ newIndex: 1,
+ indexDiff: null,
+ status: "added",
+ },
+ {
+ value: "ruiz",
+ prevIndex: 3,
+ newIndex: 2,
+ indexDiff: -1,
+ status: "moved",
},
],
}
```

### getObjectDiff()

input

```diff
getObjectDiff(
{
id: 54,
user: {
name: "joe",
- member: true,
- hobbies: ["golf", "football"],
age: 66,
},
},
{
id: 54,
user: {
name: "joe",
+ member: false,
+ hobbies: ["golf", "chess"],
age: 66,
},
}
);
```

output

```diff
{
type: "object",
+ status: "updated",
diff: [
{
property: "id",
previousValue: 54,
currentValue: 54,
status: "equal",
},
{
property: "user",
previousValue: {
name: "joe",
member: true,
hobbies: ["golf", "football"],
age: 66,
},
currentValue: {
name: "joe",
member: false,
hobbies: ["golf", "chess"],
age: 66,
},
+ status: "updated",
subPropertiesDiff: [
{
property: "name",
previousValue: "joe",
currentValue: "joe",
status: "equal",
},
+ {
+ property: "member",
+ previousValue: true,
+ currentValue: false,
+ status: "updated",
+ },
+ {
+ property: "hobbies",
+ previousValue: ["golf", "football"],
+ currentValue: ["golf", "chess"],
+ status: "updated",
+ },
{
property: "age",
previousValue: 66,
currentValue: 66,
status: "equal",
},
],
},
],
}
```

### isEqual()

```js
isEqual(
[
{ name: "joe", age: 99 },
{ name: "nina", age: 23 },
],
[
{ name: "joe", age: 98 },
{ name: "nina", age: 23 },
]
);
```

output

```js
false;
```

### isObject()

input

```js
isObject(["hello", "world"]);
```

output

```js
false;
```

More examples are available in the source code tests.


## CREDITS

DoneDeal0

## SUPPORT

If you or your company uses **Superdiff**, please show your support by becoming a sponsor! Your name and company logo will be displayed on the `README.md`. https://github.com/sponsors/DoneDeal0




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## CONTRIBUTING

Pull requests are welcome!