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git diff -- use json_xs to pretty-print the json before diffing it
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sudo apt-get install libjson-xs-perl
echo "*.json diff=json" >> ~/.gitattributes
git config --global core.attributesfile ~/.gitattributes
git config --global diff.json.textconv "json_xs -e \"print JSON::XS->new->utf8->pretty->canonical->encode(\\\$_)\" -t none < \"\$1\""
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senhalil commented Feb 1, 2022 •
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json_xs doesn't expose the sorting option in the command like utility so to have a consistent diff experience, one needs to use -e flag to manually encode/pretty-print the json.

json_xs is 2x faster than jq and about facter than json_pp

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[diff "json"]
	textconv = json_xs -e \"print JSON::XS->new->utf8->pretty->canonical->encode(\\$_)\" -t none < \"$1\"

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