Add diffutils
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100
Research direction
Start by reviewing the repository's existing command implementations and packaging entry points, then compare the upstream uutils/diffutils project linked in the issue. Done means adding the diffutils commands identified in the issue—cmp, diff, diff3, and sdiff—and confirming they are available on Windows.
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Description
https://github.com/uutils/diffutils
$ dpkg -S $(realpath $(which diff))
diffutils: /usr/bin/diff
$ dpkg -L diffutils | fgrep /bin/
/usr/bin/cmp
/usr/bin/diff
/usr/bin/diff3
/usr/bin/sdiff
PS> "cmp","diff","diff3","sdiff" | % { gcm $_ }
Get-Command: The term 'cmp' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
CommandType Name Version Source
----------- ---- ------- ------
Alias diff -> Compare-Object
Get-Command: The term 'diff3' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
Get-Command: The term 'sdiff' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
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C:\>where diff
INFO: Could not find files for the given pattern(s).
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