https://github.com/kefniark/xlsdiff

Small CLI tool to be able to git diff excel files
https://github.com/kefniark/xlsdiff

diffing excel git spreadsheet tool

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Small CLI tool to be able to git diff excel files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kefniark/xlsdiff
• Owner: kefniark
• Created: 2019-02-06T04:29:18.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-02-07T09:35:28.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-12T17:47:42.343Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: diffing, excel, git, spreadsheet, tool
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 10.7 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
## XLS diff

Small CLI tool to be able to git diff excel files

This tool just convert `*.xls` to text, for git to be able to diff files

### Usage

```sh

# Install xlsdiff

npm install xlsdiff -g

# Add to gitconfig

git config --global diff.xls.binary true

git config --global diff.xls.textconv xlsdiff

```

from now you can now diff excel files

```sh

git diff mytest.xls

```

### Extra

And to make the diff nicer looking (and more human readable)

```

git config --global color.diff.old "red reverse"

git config --global color.diff.new "green reverse"

```

and use

```

git diff --word-diff=color mytest.xls

```