// Copyright 2019 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. // Package diff implements a Diff function that compare two inputs // using the 'diff' tool. package diff import ( "bytes" exec "internal/execabs" "io/ioutil" "os" "runtime" ) // Returns diff of two arrays of bytes in diff tool format. func Diff(prefix string, b1, b2 []byte) ([]byte, error) { f1, err := writeTempFile(prefix, b1) if err != nil { return nil, err } defer os.Remove(f1) f2, err := writeTempFile(prefix, b2) if err != nil { return nil, err } defer os.Remove(f2) cmd := "diff" if runtime.GOOS == "plan9" { cmd = "/bin/ape/diff" } data, err := exec.Command(cmd, "-u", f1, f2).CombinedOutput() if len(data) > 0 { // diff exits with a non-zero status when the files don't match. // Ignore that failure as long as we get output. err = nil } // If we are on Windows and the diff is Cygwin diff, // machines can get into a state where every Cygwin // command works fine but prints a useless message like: // // Cygwin WARNING: // Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. This typically occurs if you're using // an older Cygwin version on a newer Windows. Please update to the latest // available Cygwin version from https://cygwin.com/. If the problem persists, // please see https://cygwin.com/problems.html // // Skip over that message and just return the actual diff. if len(data) > 0 && !bytes.HasPrefix(data, []byte("--- ")) { i := bytes.Index(data, []byte("\n--- ")) if i >= 0 && i < 80*10 && bytes.Contains(data[:i], []byte("://cygwin.com/")) { data = data[i+1:] } } return data, err } func writeTempFile(prefix string, data []byte) (string, error) { file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", prefix) if err != nil { return "", err } _, err = file.Write(data) if err1 := file.Close(); err == nil { err = err1 } if err != nil { os.Remove(file.Name()) return "", err } return file.Name(), nil }