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Create an option `diffBy`

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

The issue names no files or tests. Start by locating the option parsing and text-comparison entry points in this JavaScript repository, then verify each diffBy mode against representative text; done means chars, words, and lines produce the requested comparison behavior.

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Description

enhancement

diffBy: 'chars' - diffs two blocks of text, comparing character by character.

diffBy: 'words' - diffs two blocks of text, comparing word by word.

diffBy: 'lines' - diffs two blocks of text, comparing line by line.

Dominant language
JavaScript
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Forks
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