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# Difference calculator
[![Workflow](https://github.com/timursus/frontend-project-lvl2/workflows/Node%20CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/timursus/frontend-project-lvl2/actions)
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Compares two configuration files and shows a difference.

- Supports different data formats: JSON, YAML, INI.

- Shows a report in plain text, pretty, or json formats.

- Works as CLI utility or as node.js module.

## Getting started
```bash
npm install -g @timursus/gendiff
```
> Requires [Node](https://nodejs.org/) v13+

## Usage
```
gendiff [options]

Options:
-h, --help display help for command
-V, --version output the version number
-f, --format output format [pretty, plain, json] (default: "pretty")
--color enable color highlighting for "pretty" or "plain" output
```

## Demonstrations of use
Comparison of nested structures. Color output.
[![asciicast_gendiff](https://asciinema.org/a/FOPjvaMJ5HAkFHHOmiwnIzHcc.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/FOPjvaMJ5HAkFHHOmiwnIzHcc)

### API
**gendiff (filepath1, filepath2 [, outputFormat = 'json'])**

By default, `gendiff` returns a diff tree in json string
``` javascript
import gendiff from '@timursus/gendiff';

const diff = gendiff(filepath1, filepath2);
```