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January 18, 2012 21:48
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A PowerShell function to colorize a sequence of text lines that represent an Universal Diff. For more information, see http://megakemp.com/2012/01/19/better-diffs-with-powershell/
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function Out-Diff { | |
<# | |
.Synopsis | |
Redirects a Universal DIFF encoded text from the pipeline to the host using colors to highlight the differences. | |
.Description | |
Helper function to highlight the differences in a Universal DIFF text using color coding. | |
.Parameter InputObject | |
The text to display as Universal DIFF. | |
#> | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
param( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)] | |
[PSObject]$InputObject | |
) | |
Process { | |
$contentLine = $InputObject | Out-String | |
if ($contentLine -match "^Index:") { | |
Write-Host $contentLine -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline | |
} elseif ($contentLine -match "^(\+|\-|\=){3}") { | |
Write-Host $contentLine -ForegroundColor Gray -NoNewline | |
} elseif ($contentLine -match "^\@{2}") { | |
Write-Host $contentLine -ForegroundColor Gray -NoNewline | |
} elseif ($contentLine -match "^\+") { | |
Write-Host $contentLine -ForegroundColor Green -NoNewline | |
} elseif ($contentLine -match "^\-") { | |
Write-Host $contentLine -ForegroundColor Red -NoNewline | |
} else { | |
Write-Host $contentLine -NoNewline | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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