I wrote this as well as submitting it.
Any suggestions, thoughts, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
Any suggestions, thoughts, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
def file_with_split_sentences(old)
contents = File.read(old).split_keep_after(/[\.!\?] *[A-Z\n]/, 2)
begin newname = "#{old}-sdiff-#{random_chars 5}"; end while File.exists?(newname)
File.open(newname, "w") { |file| file.write contents.join("\n")}
newname
end
fnames = ARGV[-2..-1].collect{|f| file_with_split_sentences f.chomp}
system "diff #{ARGV[0...-2].join " "} #{fnames.join " "}"
"rm #{fnames.join " "}"i also found dwdiff, which you may like because it is very similar and very unixy http://www.linux.com/feature/114176
The original sentence is: "He went to the stoar." Person A sends this to person B for review. While Person B is reviewing this, Person A changes the sentence to "Bill went to the stoar.". Then, Person B sends back the spelling correction; "He went to the store.".
If the sentence translated to one line for `diff` to work on, this would be a merge conflict. If each word was its own line, this would merge cleanly.
It might sort of drown you (a 15-word sentence totally changed to a different 15-word sentence would take up 30 lines. My default terminal size holds 36 lines.
But really because I never thought of it. Might give it a try and see if it's better.