compare-repos v1.0.1

compare-repos

A command-line tool to compare two code repositories and analyze their similarities and differences.

Features

• Compare files across two repositories
• Calculate similarity percentages
• Show detailed diffs for changed files
• Colorized output
• Configurable ignore patterns
• JSON output option for programmatic use

Installation

# Install globally
npm install -g compare-repos

# Or use with npx
npx compare-repos

Usage

Basic comparison:

compare-repos ./project1 ./project2

With options:

# Set custom similarity threshold (default: 80)
compare-repos ./project1 ./project2 -t 90

# Add custom ignore patterns
compare-repos ./project1 ./project2 --ignore ".env,.DS_Store"

# Output as JSON
compare-repos ./project1 ./project2 --json

Options

• -t, --threshold <number> - Similarity threshold percentage (default: 80)
• --ignore <patterns> - Additional ignore patterns (comma-separated)
• --json - Output results as JSON
• -v, --version - Show version
• -h, --help - Show help

Development

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/skhetcho/compare-repos.git
cd compare-repos

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build the project:

npm run build

Run locally:

npm start -- ./project1 ./project2

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

MIT

Author

Souren Khetcho