jsondiffpatch-cli

A Command Line wrapper for using the jsondiffpatch library

How to use it

jsondiffpatch-cli OPERATION A.json B.json OUTPUT.json

It requires the operation name and at least two json file paths. The third path is the output.

diff

• File A: is the left side of the diff
• File B: is the right side of the diff
• Output: where the diff will be stored

jsondiffpatch-cli diff left.json right.json left-right.diff.json

patch

• File A: is the base file to apply the patch (in our example would be the left)
• File B: is the diff file to apply as patch
• Output: the result json after applying the patch

jsondiffpatch-cli patch left.json left-right.diff.json.json output-left.json

unpatch

• File A: is the base file to apply the patch (in our example would be the right)
• File B: is the diff file to apply as patch
• Output: the result json after applying the patch

jsondiffpatch-cli unpatch right.json left-right.diff.json.json output-right.json

Credits

This tool uses the jsondiffpatch library developed by Benjamin Eidelman