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NAME

powerdiff - Prepare a diff between two given directories

VERSION

This document describes powerdiff version v1.0.1

USAGE

    powerdiff [options] /dir1 /dir2

DESCRIPTION

Will prepare a diff between two given directories and store in up to 4 files:

    powerdiff.pre.sh
    powerdiff.patch
    powerdiff.tgz
    powerdiff.post.sh

This combination of files allows to store differences in any possible directory content in ease to review and apply format.

This tool was designed to support any possible file/dir attributes - empty files and directories, their permissions, special files like FIFO, etc.

OPTIONS

  -o, --output=pathname      Output differences to files with names starting
                             with "pathname" (use "powerdiff" by default).
  -f, --exclude-from=file    File with perl regexes to exclude from diff (one
                             regex per line).
  -x, --exclude=regex        Perl regex to exclude from diff (this option can
                             be used multiple times).
  -h, --help                 Show this screen.
      --version              Show version and exit.

SUPPORT

Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at https://github.com/powerman/powerdiff/issues. You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.

Source Code

This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license. Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests.

https://github.com/powerman/powerdiff

    git clone https://github.com/powerman/powerdiff.git

Resources

AUTHOR

Alex Efros <powerman@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2009- by Alex Efros <powerman@cpan.org>.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The MIT (X11) License