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Working with your git diffs

CodeFaster • 108 implied HN points • 05 Sep 23
🕹 Technology CLI JSON Python
  1. Ignore whitespace in git diffs using -w flag to reduce size and focus on content
  2. Filter diffs using filterdiff CLI tool to include or ignore specific files in your git diffs
  3. Convert git diff output to JSON for easier parsing using tools like diff-to-json or unidiff in Python

Unix 1-liner using jq

CodeFaster • 108 implied HN points • 20 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Programming Unix JSON Data processing
  1. The Unix 1-liner using jq efficiently filters and extracts specific data from a JSON response.
  2. Creating a small script like get-all-accounts to gather data beforehand is crucial for this command to work effectively.
  3. The jq command simplifies data processing by breaking down the process into four transformations.
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