{"id":6607,"date":"2026-04-08T13:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawk.at\/?p=6607"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:48:13","slug":"diffdirs-recursive-directory-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.rawk.at\/?p=6607","title":{"rendered":"DiffDirs – Recursive Directory Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Type:<\/strong> Software\u00a0
Status:<\/strong> V.1.0<\/p>

Tech Stack: <\/strong>Python, PyYAML, difflib, hashlib<\/p>

Problem Statement<\/strong><\/p>

Many legacy projects, especially in government agencies and enterprises, do not use version control systems (Git). When code needs to be synchronized between development and production environments, a simple tool for comparing two directory structures is missing. Existing diff tools usually work at file level, not recursively, and offer no clear reports with statistics and filter options.<\/p>

Description<\/strong><\/p>

A Python tool for recursive comparison of two project directories \u2014 designed for projects without Git. Detects new, deleted, and modified files with line-level diff, grouped by file types with statistics. Optionally generates colored terminal output and\/or an interactive HTML report in GitHub style with search function, collapsible diffs, and syntax highlighting. Configuration via YAML, supports multiple comparison profiles.<\/p>

Use Case<\/strong><\/p>

Compare two versions of a project directory and see exactly what changed \u2014 when you don’t have Git.<\/em><\/p>

Link: <\/strong>https:\/\/github.com\/rawk7000\/diff_dirs<\/a> (public repo)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Type: Software\u00a0 Status: V.1.0 Tech Stack: Python, PyYAML, difflib, hashlib Problem Statement Many legacy projects, especially in government agencies and enterprises, do not use version control systems (Git). When code needs to be synchronized between development and production environments, a simple tool for comparing two directory structures is missing. Existing diff tools usually work at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.rawk.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.rawk.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.rawk.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.rawk.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.rawk.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.rawk.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.rawk.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.rawk.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.rawk.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}