Do a reasonable diff on a TeamSite XML file

I recently needed to find out if there were any differences in a merge TeamSite XML file and what I originally had. We had lots of tickets go into the branch this was in and someone else did the merge, so …

Get a rational difference between two dictionaries

Dictdiffer is a helper module that helps you to diff and patch dictionaries.

Dictdiffer

from dictdiffer import diff, patch, swap, revert

first = {
    "title": "hello",
    "fork_count": 20,
    "stargazers": ["/users/20", "/users/30"],
    "settings": {
        "assignees": [100, 101, 201],
    }
}

second = {
    "title": "hellooo",
    "fork_count": 20,
    "stargazers": ["/users …

In the Tools/scripts directory of Python - lots of goodness there. Don't forget!

If you can find your Python directory, there are lots of good tools there to use, if you want.

My favorite (right now) is the diff.py that does a really good job of showing differences, down …