Configcompare

ConfigCompare is not just about seeing what changed – it's about understanding why a change matters. Use structural tools, not raw line diffs, and you'll debug config issues in seconds instead of hours.

xmllint --format --c14n file1.xml > file1_normalized.xml Now compare the normalized files: configcompare

case $EXT in json) diff -u <(jq -S . "$FILE1") <(jq -S . "$FILE2") ;; yaml|yml) diff -u <(yq -P . "$FILE1") <(yq -P . "$FILE2") ;; xml) diff -u <(xmllint --format --c14n "$FILE1") <(xmllint --format --c14n "$FILE2") ;; *) diff -u "$FILE1" "$FILE2" ;; esac ConfigCompare is not just about seeing what changed

#!/bin/bash # Usage: configcompare file1.json file2.json # configcompare file1.yaml file2.yaml FILE1=$1 FILE2=$2 EXT="$FILE1##*." not raw line diffs