diff
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- noun
- /dɪf/
- Specialized
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diferencia
- When collaborating on a project, we always review the diff to understand how the code has been altered.
And really the two things that I'd left to convince you of is let's let me just find here's my auto diff thing.
- And really the two things that I'd left to convince you of is let's let me just find here's my auto diff thing.
Examples
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It's a different tradeoff than with Git, but SVN gives you real diffs, and you can coordinate changes from groups of contributors.
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Viewing a diff between the two files wasn't helpful, as so much had been tweaked, renamed, and refactored on both sides.
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I start with a diff between the two files and identify the low-hanging fruit: code that is only superficially different due to things like variable and method renames.
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That's not quite fair; part of git's core design involves accepting emailed diffs as full patches.
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After these quick, low-risk, automatable refactorings are applied to the deprecated code, the diff becomes more illuminating.
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Using a comparison tool, I generated a diff to highlight the changes made to the document.
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To track the progress of his writing, he saved a diff showing the revisions between drafts.
Synonyms
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A list of changes between two versions of a file
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Etymology
Diff is a short form of the word difference, the same root as different. In computing, a diff is like a file or report that shows the 'difference' between two versions so you can see which lines were added, removed, or changed.