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).