uutils/diffutils

Drop-in replacement of diffutils in Rust

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Forks: 39
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 24
Avg merge: 3h 27m
Merged PRs (30d): 3

Dominant language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
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diff: `-y --tabsize=<huge>` overflows the column arithmetic (overflow-checks only) Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 70/100

uutils/diffutils#264 · Opened Jul 17, 2026
diff panics (`into_string().unwrap()`) on a non-UTF-8 argument ending in `--width=N` Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 85/100

uutils/diffutils#247 · Opened Jun 16, 2026
diff panics on an oversized inline context count (`-c`/`-u`/`-C`/`-U`): parse overflow and capacity overflow Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

uutils/diffutils#245 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2026
Git Tag str should not contain the prefix `v` Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

uutils/diffutils#239 · Opened Jun 6, 2026

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