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-rw-r--r--diffbytes/diffbytes.go222
-rw-r--r--diffbytes/diffbytes_test.go326
-rw-r--r--diffbytes/unsafe.go17
3 files changed, 565 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/diffbytes/diffbytes.go b/diffbytes/diffbytes.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cac79aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diffbytes/diffbytes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+package diffbytes
+
+import "bytes"
+
+// DiffBytes performs a line-based diff.
+// Lines are bytes up to and including '\n' (final line may lack '\n').
+func DiffBytes(oldB, newB []byte) ([]BytesDiffChunk, error) {
+ type lineRef struct {
+ base []byte
+ start int
+ end int
+ }
+
+ split := func(b []byte) []lineRef {
+ if len(b) == 0 {
+ return nil
+ }
+ var res []lineRef
+ start := 0
+ for i := range b {
+ if b[i] == '\n' {
+ res = append(res, lineRef{base: b, start: start, end: i + 1})
+ start = i + 1
+ }
+ }
+ if start < len(b) {
+ res = append(res, lineRef{base: b, start: start, end: len(b)})
+ }
+ return res
+ }
+
+ oldLines := split(oldB)
+ newLines := split(newB)
+
+ n := len(oldLines)
+ m := len(newLines)
+ if n == 0 && m == 0 {
+ return nil, nil
+ }
+
+ idOf := make(map[string]int)
+ nextID := 0
+ oldIDs := make([]int, n)
+ for i, ln := range oldLines {
+ key := bytesToString(ln.base[ln.start:ln.end])
+ id, ok := idOf[key]
+ if !ok {
+ id = nextID
+ idOf[key] = id
+ nextID++
+ }
+ oldIDs[i] = id
+ }
+ newIDs := make([]int, m)
+ for i, ln := range newLines {
+ key := bytesToString(ln.base[ln.start:ln.end])
+ id, ok := idOf[key]
+ if !ok {
+ id = nextID
+ idOf[key] = id
+ nextID++
+ }
+ newIDs[i] = id
+ }
+
+ max := n + m
+ offset := max
+ trace := make([][]int, 0, max+1)
+
+ Vprev := make([]int, 2*max+1)
+ for i := range Vprev {
+ Vprev[i] = -1
+ }
+
+ x0 := 0
+ y0 := 0
+ for x0 < n && y0 < m && oldIDs[x0] == newIDs[y0] {
+ x0++
+ y0++
+ }
+ Vprev[offset+0] = x0
+ trace = append(trace, append([]int(nil), Vprev...))
+
+ found := x0 >= n && y0 >= m
+
+ for D := 1; D <= max && !found; D++ {
+ V := make([]int, 2*max+1)
+ for i := range V {
+ V[i] = -1
+ }
+
+ for k := -D; k <= D; k += 2 {
+ var x int
+ if k == -D || (k != D && Vprev[offset+(k-1)] < Vprev[offset+(k+1)]) {
+ x = Vprev[offset+(k+1)]
+ } else {
+ x = Vprev[offset+(k-1)] + 1
+ }
+ y := x - k
+
+ for x < n && y < m && oldIDs[x] == newIDs[y] {
+ x++
+ y++
+ }
+ V[offset+k] = x
+
+ if x >= n && y >= m {
+ trace = append(trace, V)
+ found = true
+ break
+ }
+ }
+
+ if !found {
+ trace = append(trace, V)
+ Vprev = V
+ }
+ }
+
+ type edit struct {
+ kind BytesDiffChunkKind
+ lineref lineRef
+ }
+ revEdits := make([]edit, 0, n+m)
+
+ x := n
+ y := m
+ for D := len(trace) - 1; D >= 0; D-- {
+ k := x - y
+
+ var (
+ prevK int
+ prevX int
+ prevY int
+ )
+ if D > 0 {
+ prevV := trace[D-1]
+ if k == -D || (k != D && prevV[offset+(k-1)] < prevV[offset+(k+1)]) {
+ prevK = k + 1
+ } else {
+ prevK = k - 1
+ }
+ prevX = prevV[offset+prevK]
+ prevY = prevX - prevK
+ }
+
+ for x > prevX && y > prevY {
+ x--
+ y--
+ revEdits = append(revEdits, edit{kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, lineref: oldLines[x]})
+ }
+
+ if D == 0 {
+ break
+ }
+
+ if x == prevX {
+ y--
+ revEdits = append(revEdits, edit{kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, lineref: newLines[y]})
+ } else {
+ x--
+ revEdits = append(revEdits, edit{kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, lineref: oldLines[x]})
+ }
+ }
+
+ for i, j := 0, len(revEdits)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
+ revEdits[i], revEdits[j] = revEdits[j], revEdits[i]
+ }
+
+ var out []BytesDiffChunk
+ type meta struct {
+ base []byte
+ start int
+ end int
+ }
+ var metas []meta
+
+ for _, e := range revEdits {
+ curBase := e.lineref.base
+ curStart := e.lineref.start
+ curEnd := e.lineref.end
+
+ if len(out) == 0 || out[len(out)-1].Kind != e.kind {
+ out = append(out, BytesDiffChunk{Kind: e.kind, Data: curBase[curStart:curEnd]})
+ metas = append(metas, meta{base: curBase, start: curStart, end: curEnd})
+ continue
+ }
+
+ lastIdx := len(out) - 1
+ lastMeta := metas[lastIdx]
+
+ if bytes.Equal(lastMeta.base, curBase) && lastMeta.end == curStart {
+ metas[lastIdx].end = curEnd
+ out[lastIdx].Data = curBase[metas[lastIdx].start:metas[lastIdx].end]
+ continue
+ }
+
+ out[lastIdx].Data = append(out[lastIdx].Data, curBase[curStart:curEnd]...)
+ metas[lastIdx] = meta{base: nil, start: 0, end: 0}
+ }
+
+ return out, nil
+}
+
+// BytesDiffChunk represents a contiguous region of bytes categorized
+// as unchanged, deleted, or added.
+type BytesDiffChunk struct {
+ Kind BytesDiffChunkKind
+ Data []byte
+}
+
+// BytesDiffChunkKind enumerates the type of diff chunk.
+type BytesDiffChunkKind int
+
+const (
+ // BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged represents an unchanged diff chunk.
+ BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged BytesDiffChunkKind = iota
+ // BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted represents a deleted diff chunk.
+ BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted
+ // BytesDiffChunkKindAdded represents an added diff chunk.
+ BytesDiffChunkKindAdded
+)
diff --git a/diffbytes/diffbytes_test.go b/diffbytes/diffbytes_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00af1881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diffbytes/diffbytes_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
+package diffbytes
+
+import (
+ "bytes"
+ "strconv"
+ "strings"
+ "testing"
+)
+
+func TestDiffBytes(t *testing.T) {
+ t.Parallel()
+
+ tests := []struct {
+ name string
+ oldInput string
+ newInput string
+ expected []BytesDiffChunk
+ }{
+ {
+ name: "empty inputs produce no chunks",
+ oldInput: "",
+ newInput: "",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{},
+ },
+ {
+ name: "only additions",
+ oldInput: "",
+ newInput: "alpha\nbeta\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("alpha\nbeta\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "only deletions",
+ oldInput: "alpha\nbeta\n",
+ newInput: "",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("alpha\nbeta\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "unchanged content is grouped",
+ oldInput: "same\nlines\n",
+ newInput: "same\nlines\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("same\nlines\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "insertion in the middle",
+ oldInput: "a\nb\nc\n",
+ newInput: "a\nb\nX\nc\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("a\nb\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("X\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("c\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "replacement without trailing newline",
+ oldInput: "first\nsecond",
+ newInput: "first\nsecond\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("first\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("second")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("second\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "line replacement",
+ oldInput: "a\nb\nc\n",
+ newInput: "a\nB\nc\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("a\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("b\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("B\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("c\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "swap adjacent lines",
+ oldInput: "A\nB\n",
+ newInput: "B\nA\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("A\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("B\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("A\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "indentation change is a full line replacement",
+ oldInput: "func main() {\n\treturn\n}\n",
+ newInput: "func main() {\n return\n}\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("func main() {\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("\treturn\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte(" return\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("}\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "commenting out lines",
+ oldInput: "code\n",
+ newInput: "// code\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("code\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("// code\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "reducing repeating lines",
+ oldInput: "log\nlog\nlog\n",
+ newInput: "log\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("log\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("log\nlog\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "expanding repeating lines",
+ oldInput: "tick\n",
+ newInput: "tick\ntick\ntick\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("tick\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("tick\ntick\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "interleaved modifications",
+ oldInput: "keep\nchange\nkeep\nchange\n",
+ newInput: "keep\nfixed\nkeep\nfixed\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("keep\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("change\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("fixed\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("keep\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("change\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("fixed\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "large common header and footer",
+ oldInput: "header\nheader\nheader\nOLD\nfooter\nfooter\n",
+ newInput: "header\nheader\nheader\nNEW\nfooter\nfooter\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("header\nheader\nheader\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("OLD\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("NEW\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("footer\nfooter\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "completely different content",
+ oldInput: "apple\nbanana\n",
+ newInput: "cherry\ndate\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("apple\nbanana\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("cherry\ndate\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "unicode and emoji changes",
+ oldInput: "Hello 🌍\nYay\n",
+ newInput: "Hello 🌎\nYay\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("Hello 🌍\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("Hello 🌎\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("Yay\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "binary data with embedded newlines",
+ oldInput: "\x00\x01\n\x02\x03\n",
+ newInput: "\x00\x01\n\x02\xFF\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("\x00\x01\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("\x02\x03\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("\x02\xFF\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "adding trailing newline to last line",
+ oldInput: "Line 1\nLine 2",
+ newInput: "Line 1\nLine 2\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("Line 1\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("Line 2")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("Line 2\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "removing trailing newline",
+ oldInput: "A\nB\n",
+ newInput: "A\nB",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("A\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("B\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("B")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "inserting blank lines",
+ oldInput: "A\nB\n",
+ newInput: "A\n\n\nB\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("A\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("\n\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("B\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "collapsing blank lines",
+ oldInput: "A\n\n\n\nB\n",
+ newInput: "A\nB\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("A\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("\n\n\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("B\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "case sensitivity check",
+ oldInput: "FOO\nbar\n",
+ newInput: "foo\nbar\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("FOO\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("foo\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("bar\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "partial line match is full mismatch",
+ oldInput: "The quick brown fox\n",
+ newInput: "The quick brown fox jumps\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("The quick brown fox\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("The quick brown fox jumps\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "inserting middle content",
+ oldInput: "Top\nBottom\n",
+ newInput: "Top\nMiddle\nBottom\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("Top\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("Middle\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("Bottom\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "block move simulated",
+ oldInput: "BlockA\nBlockB\nBlockC\n",
+ newInput: "BlockA\nBlockC\nBlockB\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("BlockA\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted, Data: []byte("BlockB\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("BlockC\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("BlockB\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ name: "alternating additions",
+ oldInput: "A\nB\nC\n",
+ newInput: "A\n1\nB\n2\nC\n",
+ expected: []BytesDiffChunk{
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("A\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("1\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("B\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindAdded, Data: []byte("2\n")},
+ {Kind: BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged, Data: []byte("C\n")},
+ },
+ },
+ }
+
+ for _, tt := range tests {
+ t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+ t.Parallel()
+
+ chunks, err := DiffBytes([]byte(tt.oldInput), []byte(tt.newInput))
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("DiffBytes returned error: %v", err)
+ }
+
+ if len(chunks) != len(tt.expected) {
+ t.Fatalf("expected %d chunks, got %d: %s", len(tt.expected), len(chunks), formatChunks(chunks))
+ }
+
+ for i := range tt.expected {
+ if chunks[i].Kind != tt.expected[i].Kind {
+ t.Fatalf("chunk %d kind mismatch: got %v, want %v; chunks: %s", i, chunks[i].Kind, tt.expected[i].Kind, formatChunks(chunks))
+ }
+ if !bytes.Equal(chunks[i].Data, tt.expected[i].Data) {
+ t.Fatalf("chunk %d data mismatch: got %q, want %q; chunks: %s", i, string(chunks[i].Data), string(tt.expected[i].Data), formatChunks(chunks))
+ }
+ }
+ })
+ }
+}
+
+func formatChunks(chunks []BytesDiffChunk) string {
+ var b strings.Builder
+ b.WriteByte('[')
+ for i, chunk := range chunks {
+ if i > 0 {
+ b.WriteString(", ")
+ }
+ b.WriteString(chunkKindName(chunk.Kind))
+ b.WriteByte(':')
+ b.WriteString(strconv.Quote(string(chunk.Data)))
+ }
+ b.WriteByte(']')
+ return b.String()
+}
+
+func chunkKindName(kind BytesDiffChunkKind) string {
+ switch kind {
+ case BytesDiffChunkKindUnchanged:
+ return "U"
+ case BytesDiffChunkKindDeleted:
+ return "D"
+ case BytesDiffChunkKindAdded:
+ return "A"
+ default:
+ return "?"
+ }
+}
diff --git a/diffbytes/unsafe.go b/diffbytes/unsafe.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79c215a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diffbytes/unsafe.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package diffbytes
+
+import "unsafe"
+
+// // stringToBytes converts a string to a byte slice without copying the string.
+// // Memory is borrowed from the string.
+// // The resulting byte slice must not be modified in any form.
+// func stringToBytes(s string) (bytes []byte) {
+// return unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(s), len(s)) //#nosec G103
+// }
+
+// bytesToString converts a byte slice to a string without copying the bytes.
+// Memory is borrowed from the byte slice.
+// The source byte slice must not be modified.
+func bytesToString(b []byte) string {
+ return unsafe.String(unsafe.SliceData(b), len(b)) //#nosec G103
+}