NAME

       xmldiff - Create a diff for two XML files

SYNOPSIS

       xmldiff [-h] [-v] [-f {xml,diff,old}] [-w] [-p] [-F F]
               [--unique-attributes [UNIQUE_ATTRIBUTES]]
               [--ratio-mode {accurate,faster,fast}] [--fast-match]
               file1 file2

DESCRIPTION

       xmldiff is a library and a command-line utility for making diffs out of XML. This may seem like something
       that doesn't need a dedicated utility, but change detection in hierarchical data is very  different  from
       change  detection in flat data. XML type formats are also not only used for computer readable data, it is
       also often used as a format for hierarchical data that can be rendered into  human  readable  formats.  A
       traditional  diff  on  such  a  format would tell you line by line the differences, but that would not be
       readable by a human.  xmldiff provides tools to make human readable diffs in those situations.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Display help and exit.

       -v, --version
              Display version and exit.

       -f, --formatter
              Possible choices: xml, diff, old Formatter selection.  Default: "diff"

       -w, --keep-whitespace
              Do not strip ignorable whitespace.  Default: False

       -p, --pretty-print
              Try to make XML output more readable.  Default: False

       -F     A value between 0 and 1 that determines how similar nodes must be to match.

       --unique-attributes
              A comma separated list of attributes  that  uniquely  identify  a  node.  Can  be  empty.   Unique
              attributes  for  certain  elements  can  be  specified  in  the format {NS}element@attr.  Default:
              "{http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace}id"

       --ratio-mode
              Possible choices: accurate, faster, fast Choose the node comparison optimization.  Default: "fast"

       --fast-match
              A faster, less optimal match run.  Default: False

EXAMPLE

       Common usage:

           $ xmldiff file1.xml file2.xml

       Making an output a bit more human readable by structuring it with whitespace:

           $ xmldiff -f xml -p file1.xml file2.xml

SEE ALSO

       xmlpatch(1).

AUTHOR

       xmldiff was written by Lennart Regebro <lregebro@shoobx.com> and Stephan Richter <srichter@shoobx.com>.

       This manual page was written by Thiago Andrade Marques <thmarques@gmail.com> for the Debian project  (but
       may be used by others).