Revision history for Perl application 'sdif-tools'.

4.4801 2026-08-09T02:25:06Z

    - Fix tests to exercise the scripts under test, and run them with
      the perl running the test, rather than an installed copy or an
      unrelated interpreter found earlier in PATH (issue #8)

4.48 2026-08-03T11:43:56Z

    - watchdiff: fix regression introduced in 4.42 which made the
      command never executed at all, showing only the date header
    - watchdiff: restore multiple --exec support documented in
      SYNOPSIS (watchdiff -e uptime -e iostat -e df)
    - Add tests to verify watchdiff actually executes commands

4.4701 2026-06-19T04:59:32Z

    - Skip mecab test when mecab has no usable dictionary

4.46 2026-04-27T04:45:28Z

    - Require Command::Run 1.00 for the fixed /dev/fd path detection
    - Skip diff-based tests when /dev/fd/N (N>2) is unavailable, e.g.
      on FreeBSD without fdescfs mounted (issue #6)

4.4501 2026-03-24T06:56:56Z

    - Require Getopt::EX::Hashed 1.0702 to fix --limit default
      value preservation when specifying additional keys
    - Add tests for --limit option

4.45 2026-03-23T06:19:27Z

    - Add --limit option to sdif and cdif
      sdif: --limit line=# to truncate long add/delete sections
      sdif: --limit length=# to truncate long lines (default 10000)
      cdif: --limit length=# to skip word diff for long lines (default 1000)
    - Add NOTICE colormap entry for truncation messages
    - Change $oline/$nline/$mline from my to our for local scoping

4.44 2026-02-09T14:46:43Z

    - Replace App::sdif::Divert with independent IO::Divert module
    - cdif: fix $diff variable bug when --diff option is specified
    - Fix grammar errors and typos in documentation

4.43 2026-01-28T07:12:14Z

    - cdif: add --visible support for nbsp and special space characters
    - update copyright years to 2026

4.42 2026-01-19T06:45:24Z

    - Add --version option to sdif, cdif, watchdiff
    - Use Command::Run module

4.41 2025-02-13T06:15:20Z

    - improve handling CRNL ending text

4.40 2025-01-29T06:52:04Z

    - introduce "cdif --lxl --style=diff" option

4.39 2024-12-30T09:43:31Z

    - correct behavior of printing filename in conflict marker case

4.38 2024-10-30T10:34:35Z

    - print filename from conflict-marker diff input
    - update --no-command behavior and introduce --no-filename option

4.37 2024-10-19T02:33:20Z

    - cdif does not \p{Punct} sequence as a word

4.36 2024-10-18T05:45:19Z

    - improve mecab algorithm to split non-word sequence

4.35 2024-10-06T07:04:40Z

    - sdif supports #ifdef and custom container format

4.34 2024-09-24T14:09:21Z

    - update watchdiff with scroll region control

4.3301 2024-03-27T06:50:25Z

    - fix bug of cdif producing extra empty lines

4.33 2024-03-13T00:58:40Z

    - make cdif to visualize the absence of the newline

4.32 2024-02-22T02:03:26Z

    - add UTEXT color for cdif

4.31 2024-01-30T11:04:34Z

    - introduce --lxl option to cdif to compare input line-by-line
    - use /proc/self/fd if /dev/fd is not available

4.30 2024-01-23T02:51:53Z

    - introduce --cc,fc,lc,mc,tc,uc color option to sdif

4.29 2023-11-15T10:16:22Z

    - fix bug in lib/cdif/Command.pm
    - make sdif --colortable option takes optional parameter 6,12,24

4.2802 2023-11-12T09:27:04Z

    - make cdif/Command.pm does not read stderr by default

4.2801 2023-11-07T07:47:24Z

    - diff3 -m produces 2-segment output when MY and YOUR are same

4.28 2023-07-27T08:53:39Z

    - introduce -V option to watchdiff command
    - introduce --ts alias for --tabstyle in sdif

4.27 2023-07-15T00:10:25Z

    - make cdif --context option to take parameter
    - introduce --boundary option
    - update cdif.el to use --unit= option with prefix

4.26 2023-03-08T14:55:11Z

    - introduce -V3 option

4.25.1 2023-02-14T05:17:54Z

    - treat consecutive \p{Punct} chars as a word
      current spec was accidentally introduced in 4.20.0 (f04b203).

4.25.0 2023-01-31T09:47:53Z

    - cdif do not compare words with null --unit= option

4.24.0 2023-01-28T04:15:22Z

    - make sdif to process conflict marker
    - introduce --parallel / -V option in sdif

4.23.1 2023-01-22T12:54:31Z

   - fixed bug of combined diff and conflict marker processing

4.23.0 2022-12-01T02:20:07Z

    - Use Getopt::EX::Hashed for option handling.

4.22.3 2022-09-16T05:27:56Z

    - Deprecate VISIBLE colormap of cdif.

4.22.2 2022-09-12T00:51:10Z

    - Make --word option works always correctly.

4.22.1 2022-05-21T02:47:25Z

    - Document update.

4.22.0 2022-04-25T08:47:33Z

    watchdiff: 
    - Add -U option.

4.21.1 2022-03-30T10:10:07Z

    - Minor code and document update.

4.21.0 2021-12-24T02:25:28Z

    cdif:
    - Apply VISIBLE effect only for intended chars by --visible.

    watchdiff:
    - Modularized to lib/watchdiff.pm.

4.20.2 2021-09-29T02:53:59Z

    - Fix-up missing short option of watchdiff.

4.20.1 2021-09-07T02:29:49Z

    - Introduce --runin/--runout works with --margin option.

4.20.0 2021-09-01T12:42:57Z

    - Make cdif to accept "-U-1" option.
    - Add --unit=letter option not to include underscore.

4.19.1 2021-04-11T03:10:55Z

    - Update behavior of --visible/--tabstyle.

4.19.0 2021-04-09T01:57:53Z

    - Exit with status 0 unless error occured.
    - Add --by alias for --unit option to sdif/cdif.
    - Add sdif friendly option --sdif to cdif.
    - Add --tabstyle option to sdif.

4.18.2 2021-01-13T02:07:20Z

    - Deprecate cdif options: -B, --char, --visible-cr, -visible-esc

4.18.1 2021-01-03T14:28:40Z

    - Add --tabstop option.

4.18.0 2020-12-31T03:54:29Z

    sdif:
    - Add --visible, --tabhead, --tabspace options.

4.17.0 2020-12-14T09:51:48Z

    - Implement "VISIBLE" effect for --visible characters.

4.16.1 2020-08-26T07:24:30Z

    - Eliminate indirect object call.

4.16.0 2020-06-30T11:21:26Z

    - Introduce --unit option, and integrate -B/--char/--word/--mecab option.
    - Fixed bug of --ambiguous=wide option not working.
    - Make sdif not to process diff data in commit message by Minilla.

    Now --prefix-pattern option is not same in sdif/cdif.  Cdif process
    diff data in commit message but sdif does not.

4.15.2 2020-04-30T15:25:39Z

    - Accidentally released wrong dependency version.

4.15.1 2020-04-30T07:13:14Z

    - Update document for new -Mtermcolor module.

4.15.0 2020-04-29T15:15:12Z

    - Introduce --lenience option to suppress unexpected input warnings.

4.14.0 2020-04-23T10:28:31Z

    - Move sdif::autocolor to Getopt::EX::termcolor.

4.13.7 2020-04-06T15:06:22Z

    - Unify --visible-* to --visible and implement general.

4.13.6 2020-04-01T12:27:30Z

    - Move colortable() function in sdif to Getopt::EX::Colormap.
    - Set $Getopt::EX::Colormap::RGB24 on iTerm2.

4.13.5 2020-03-17T03:27:33Z

    - Update sdif default color for *FILE.

4.13.4 2020-02-27T06:29:08Z

    - Set $Getopt::EX::Colormap::NO_RESET_EL not to produce ERASE LINE
      sequence with RESET.  With option --mark=side or --mark=right,
      rightmost column is vanished on some terminal app.

4.13.3 2020-01-18T02:45:49Z

    - Require Getopt-EX v1.15.2 to not produce Erase Line sequence.
    - Accept number in --column option.

4.13.2 2019-12-03T11:51:58Z

    - Flush STDOUT after processing each chunk.

    This is necessary to forward "git add -p" output to other pane of
    tmux using "nc" command.

4.13.1 2019-11-09T00:54:05Z

    - Fix bug in handling --cdifopts option.

4.13.0 2019-11-02T02:00:48Z

    - Implement --margin option.

4.12.0 2019-09-19T03:44:01Z

    - Rename --graph option to --prefix.

    Now process diff output in git commit message produced by Minilla.

4.11.1 2019-06-22T21:07:23Z

    - Fix normal diff to produce colored text.

4.11.0 2019-06-20T22:48:25Z

    - cdif: Convert carriage-return to visible code.

4.10.9 2019-04-09T08:53:55Z

    - Fix bug to handle process-substitution files.

4.10.8 2019-04-04T09:03:04Z

    - Fix bug of code handling of in-memory file.

4.10.7 2019-04-04T07:07:56Z

    - Fix problem when comparing /dev/fd/* files.

    To get the "optex -Mtextconv" module to work.

4.10.6 2019-03-20T08:20:46Z

    - Fix bug of 'sdif --cdif' does not work.

4.10.5 2019-03-01T03:58:30Z

    - Improve --view behaviour.

4.10.4 2019-02-28T02:28:20Z

    - sdif uses "cdif --tc" when --view option is given.

4.10.3 2019-02-27T04:20:02Z

    - Introduce sdif --[no]command option.

4.10.2 2019-02-24T00:59:14Z

    - Use `tput cols 2> /dev/tty` to get terminal width in sdif.

    When used from watchdiff command, stdout/stderr are redirected to pipe,
    and can't get terminal width from them.

4.10.1 2019-02-16T12:15:16Z

    - "state" can not initialize list variable in perl5.18.

4.10.0 2019-02-16T00:59:41Z

    - sdif
    - - Fix bug in diff3 processing.
    - - Support "diff -T" input.
    - - Make --cdif option to take optional command parameter.

    - cdif
    - - Support unlimited number of combined diff.

4.9.0 2019-01-11T03:16:29Z

    - Support git log -p --graph.

4.8.0 2019-01-10T03:34:45Z

    - Implement lib/sdif/autocolor/iTerm.pm

4.7.4 2019-01-08T09:28:04Z

    - Skip test when 'mecab' command is not installed.

4.7.3 2019-01-07T02:21:26Z

    - Fix bug in lib/cdif/Command/Mecab.pm

4.7.2 2019-01-06T00:14:27Z

    - Update colors.
    - Introduce --colordump option to sdif/cdif.

4.7.1 2019-01-05T14:48:14Z

    - Update lib/sdif/colors.pm for dark screen.
    - Document update.

4.7.0 2019-01-02T03:01:12Z

    - Mecab command ignores trailing spaces.
      Quick hack to fix it.

4.6.1 2018-12-27T06:48:31Z

    - requires 'Getopt::EX', 'v1.13.1';

4.6.0 2018-10-26T03:25:40Z

    - Introduce -B option to watchdiff command.

4.5.6 2018-10-12T02:33:40Z

    - Support Getopt::EX::Colormap L00..L25 grey levels.

4.5.5 2018-10-11T09:05:41Z

    - Fixed bug when data include Unicode space character with --mecab.
    - Use \X to express character with -B option.
    - Re-enable -dm (mecab) debug option.

4.5.4 2018-10-04T09:15:29Z

    - Introduce App::cdif::Command::Mecab.

4.5.3 2018-09-20T16:49:13Z

    - Update cdif implementation.
    - Add -i option to sdif.

4.5.2 2018-09-19T11:28:47Z

    - Implement mecab whitespace handling properly.

4.5.1 2018-09-19T05:04:39Z

    - Cancel wrong mecab whitespace handling.

4.5.0 2018-09-19T03:55:16Z

    - Separate leading whitespace from mecab output.
    - Update to use Text::ANSI::Fold.
    - Add --subdiff option and accept unified diff output.
    - Introduce UNKNOWN color, with empty default.
    - Export &rgb_to_brightness

4.4.0 2018-07-07T02:50:04Z

    - Do not call `mecab' for ASCII text.
    - Easy-to-see debug message.
    - Move &usage to lib/sdif.pm and share.

4.3.2 2018-06-22T09:40:47Z

    - Pass -w option to cdif when -b or -w was given.

4.3.1 2018-02-24T02:42:36Z

    - Remove App::sdif::osx_autocolor.
    - Minor document fix.

4.3.0 2018-01-11T23:27:51Z

    - Update --color option to take "when" argument.
    - Implement --column option to specify column order.

4.2.0 2018-01-07T01:57:46Z

    - Remove unnecessarily indirect --{LIGHT,DARK}-SCREEN option.

    Use --light and --dark instead.

4.1.0 2018-01-04T12:35:22Z

    Now --autocolor is defined as default in sdif/default.pm.

    - Update {sdif,cdif}/colors.pm
    - Prepare {sdif,cdif}/default.pm
    - Implement sdif/autocolor module with Apple_Terminal support.
    - Implement diff compatible -b, -w, -B options.
    - Make --cdif option as default.
    - Update document.

3.4.1 2017-12-22T01:42:23Z

    cdif:
    - cdif effect E is now implemented by Getopt::EX::Colormap.

3.3.2 2017-12-18T06:52:05Z

    watchdiff:
    - Update option and process handling.

3.3.1 2017-12-16T18:44:27Z

    watchdiff:
    - Improve watchdiff look'n'feel using new Colormap interface.


3.2.3 2017-12-14T17:30:39Z

    - Update to the latest Getopt::EX.

3.2.2 2017-12-11T03:59:41Z

    watchdiff:
    - Update examples.
    - Use termcap{cd} when termcap{ed} is not available.
    - Set require_order for option handling.

    sdif:
    - Add test for --colortable option.
    - Make --colortable option to work. Fixes #1.

3.2.1 2017-12-08T08:55:02Z

    - Implement sdif --ambiguous option.
    - Require perl 5.014
    - make sdif --cdif option as toggle one.

3.1.1 2017-12-04T06:43:12Z

    - first CPAN release

