jatcwang / jatcwang/difflicious

Abbreviated diffs for large data structures

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Description

Example: a List[SomeCaseClass] with a lot of elements. If there are only a few elements that are different then we should cut out parts where there are no difference.
Similarly for a large case class, we probably only want to show fields that are different

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the code and tests that render collection and case-class diffs. Done means unchanged regions are omitted while differing elements and fields remain visible for both examples.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
scala
Domain
testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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