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Learn how to choose a comparison mode, review structured data, folders, documents, and images, build repeatable profiles, automate with Git and CI, and troubleshoot safely with private sources.

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Specialist modes14 min read

Compare folders, archives, and images

Review release trees, archives, documents, and visual assets with purpose-built navigation, safety checks, and rollback.

  • Prepare folder sources
  • Compare large trees
  • Synchronize with a plan and an undo path
  • Inspect archives
  • Compare documents
  • Use visual image tools
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Automation13 min read

Use Diff Anything from the CLI, Git, and CI

Run repeatable comparisons, read highlighted terminal output, interpret exit codes, integrate with Git, and publish machine-readable CI results.

  • Find the installed executable
  • Enter explicit CLI mode
  • Interpret exit codes
  • Choose output for the consumer
  • Configure Git difftool
  • Run batch manifests
  • Debug automation failures
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Repeatable review12 min read

Profiles, rules, review state, and reports

Turn a useful one-off comparison into a repeatable review with explicit ignore rules, notes, and exportable evidence.

  • Save a profile
  • Use ignore rules carefully
  • Review semantic differences
  • Apply supported changes
  • Export a report
  • Use live watch deliberately
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Troubleshooting12 min read

Privacy, safety, and troubleshooting

Understand the local comparison boundary, recover from input and copy problems, and prepare useful diagnostics without exposing sensitive sources.

  • What stays local
  • Handle sensitive values
  • Resolve parser and mode errors
  • Recover folder synchronization
  • Explain unexpected results
  • Reset only what is necessary
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