Zet - How do I see a diff of two folders recursively?

How do I see a diff of two folders recursively?

You can use -r with diff to diff files with two dirs. Also you can add -q to only show files that differ for less noise.

eg.

dir -rq dir1 dir2

Bonus

You can exclude folders like node_modules using --exclude=node_modules

eg.

diff -rq W-test-gen/ W-without-fetch-test-gen/ --exclude=node_modules

Vim Bonus

There is a VimDiff plugin for vim https://github.com/will133/vim-dirdiff

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