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diff_parser_quickstart_unified_diff_to_structured_object.py

python

Parses a unified diff string into a structured object to access files, hunks

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diff_parser_quickstart_unified_diff_to_structured_object.py
1from diff_parser import parse_diff
2
3diff_text = """diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt
4index 83db48f..bf269ad 100644
5--- a/file.txt
6+++ b/file.txt
7@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
8 line 1
9-line 2
10+line 2 updated
11 line 3"""
12
13# Parse the diff text
14files = parse_diff(diff_text)
15
16# Access the parsed data
17for file in files:
18    print(f"File: {file.source_file} -> {file.target_file}")
19    for hunk in file.hunks:
20        print(f"Hunk: {hunk.header}")
21        for line in hunk.lines:
22            # line.type is '-', '+', or ' '
23            print(f"[{line.type}] {line.content}")