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npm diff — Compare package versions from the `npm` registry and show differences. Similar to `git diff`. More i

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Problem

How to use the npm diff command: Compare package versions from the npm registry and show differences. Similar to git diff. More information: <https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/npm-diff/>.

Solution

npm diff — Compare package versions from the npm registry and show differences. Similar to git diff. More information: <https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/npm-diff/>.

Compare two specific package versions:

npm diff --diff {{package_name}}@{{version1}} --diff {{package_name}}@{{version2}}

Compare current local packages with latest published version:

npm diff

Compare current local package with a specific version:

npm diff --diff {{package_name}}@{{version}}

Compare a package in the current directory with the registry version:

npm diff --diff {{package_name}}

Show only filenames that differ:

npm diff --diff-name-only --diff {{package_name}}@{{version1}} --diff {{package_name}}@{{version2}}

Compare specific files or directories only:

npm diff {{path/to/file_or_directory}} --diff {{package_name}}@{{version1}} --diff {{package_name}}@{{version2}}

Ignore whitespace when comparing:

npm diff --diff-ignore-all-space --diff {{package_name}}@{{version1}} --diff {{package_name}}@{{version2}}

Code Snippets

Compare two specific package versions

npm diff --diff {{package_name}}@{{version1}} --diff {{package_name}}@{{version2}}

Compare current local packages with latest published version

npm diff

Compare current local package with a specific version

npm diff --diff {{package_name}}@{{version}}

Compare a package in the current directory with the registry version

npm diff --diff {{package_name}}

Show only filenames that differ

npm diff --diff-name-only --diff {{package_name}}@{{version1}} --diff {{package_name}}@{{version2}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/npm diff

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