import jsdiff = require('diff'); var one = 'beep boop'; var other = 'beep boob blah'; var diff = jsdiff.diffChars(one, other); diff.forEach(function (part) { var mark = part.added ? '+' : part.removed ? '-' : ' '; console.log(mark + " " + part.value); }); // -------------------------- class LineDiffWithoutWhitespace extends jsdiff.Diff { tokenize(value:string):any { return value.split(/^/m); } equals(left:string, right:string):boolean { return left.trim() === right.trim(); } } var obj = new LineDiffWithoutWhitespace(true); var diff = obj.diff(one, other); printDiff(diff); function printDiff(diff:jsdiff.IDiffResult[]) { function addLineHeader(decorator:string, str:string) { return str.split("\n").map((line, index, array) => { if (index === array.length - 1 && line === "") { return line; } else { return decorator + line; } }).join("\n"); } diff.forEach((part)=> { if (part.added) { console.log(addLineHeader("+", part.value)); } else if (part.removed) { console.log(addLineHeader("-", part.value)); } else { console.log(addLineHeader(" ", part.value)); } }); } function verifyPatchMethods(oldStr: string, newStr: string, uniDiff: jsdiff.IUniDiff) { var verifyPatch = jsdiff.parsePatch( jsdiff.createTwoFilesPatch("oldFile.ts", "newFile.ts", oldStr, newStr, "old", "new", { context: 1 })); if (JSON.stringify(verifyPatch) !== JSON.stringify(uniDiff)) { console.error("Patch did not match uniDiff"); } } function verifyApplyMethods(oldStr: string, newStr: string, uniDiff: jsdiff.IUniDiff) { var verifyApply = [ jsdiff.applyPatch(oldStr, uniDiff), jsdiff.applyPatch(oldStr, [uniDiff]) ]; jsdiff.applyPatches([uniDiff], { loadFile: (index: number, callback: (err: Error, data: string) => void) => { callback(undefined, one); }, patched: (index: number, content: string) => { verifyApply.push(content); }, complete: (err?: Error) => { if (err) { console.error(err); } verifyApply.forEach(result => { if (result !== newStr) { console.error("Result did not match newStr"); } }); } }); } verifyPatchMethods(one, other, uniDiff); var uniDiff = jsdiff.structuredPatch("oldFile.ts", "newFile.ts", one, other, "old", "new", { context: 1 }); verifyApplyMethods(one, other, uniDiff);