GitHub is one of the most popular hosts for hosting online projects. It provides project hosting, issue tracking, code collaboration, and other essential features for building and maintaining an online project.
RDiff is a web application that allows you to compare two different files side-by-side. In order to use RDiff, you need to have two different versions of the same file on your local machine. For example, let’s assume that you have a local version of fileA and local version of fileB. When you want to view fileA, you need to copy the local version of fileA to the server to let the server know which file you want to view. When you view fileB, the server will recognize that fileB is local and serve it locally to the end user.
How to use RDiff in Git?
RDiff is not available in Git yet, but you can use the rdiff-backup tool to create a local copy of a file as a backup and later restore it if/when RDiff is available. To do this, simply put a command like the following in your terminal:
sudo rdiff-backup fileA fileB
Once the backup has been made, you can restore it by running the command below from within your terminal.
sudo rdiff-backup -r=
How to Install and use RDiff?
First, you need to install a copy of RDiff on your local machine. Once you have it installed, the next step is to create a new project on GitHub. After that, you need to create a file named “config.json” in your “app” directory. The contents of this file should be:
{
"cmd": "diff-setup",
"path": "/app/diff-setup",
"show_progress": true,
"connect_timeout": 30,
}
Next, update the config file with your GitHub username and password. Again, the contents of this file should be:
{ "username": "your_github_username", "password": "your_github_password" }
After you have completed these steps and saved them in your local machine, open Terminal and run the following command:
cd /app/RDiff && sudo ./install-rdiff.sh
How to use RDiff?
RDiff is super easy to use. You just need to follow these steps:
1. Navigate to the RDiff website and download the software
2. After you download the software, extract it using either 7Zip or WinZip
3. Install the software on your machine and launch it
4. Click "Connect" on the top right side of the window and then copy/paste your local file that you want to compare with
5. Click "Start"
6. Wait for a few seconds for RDiff to process your file
RDiff GitHub integration with Laravel
RDiff integrates with GitHub to provide an easy way to view code side-by-side. Below is a screenshot of what the UI looks like when you use RDiff with GitHub:
In order to use RDiff, you need to install it via composer. Once installed, run the following command in your terminal:
composer require rdiff/rdiff
You can also install via npm:
npm install --save rdiff
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Published on: 09/15/2022 09:15:00 UTC
Last modified on: 09/18/2022 01:29:00 UTC