This project is archived. I have made a new lsdiff program in rust in my dotfiles

LSDIFF

A simple rust "script" that shows you what files were added to or removed from a directory

I wrote this because I occasionally see random folders popping up in my home directory when I ls ~ and I wrote this so I don't have to rely on noticing something and reading each line.

Installation

Run the following commands:

# cd to whatever dir you install stuff from
cd "$HOME/.local/librs"
git clone "https://github.com/REALERvolker1/lsdiff" && cd lsdiff
cargo build --release
# use cp to copy, or ln -s to symlink (if you want to update it in-place)
ln -s "$PWD/target/release/lsdiff" "$HOME/.local/bin/"

Or you can download the file at https://github.com/REALERvolker1/lsdiff/releases 😅

Configuration

You can configure this with environment variables. I will likely make it file-based if someone wants that.

If you change these, delete the cache file and run the program again. $LSDIFF_DIR: The directory to diff. (Default: $HOME) $LSDIFF_CACHE: The cache file. (Default: $XDG_CACHE_HOME/lsdiff.list)

These ones are purely for display. You don't have to worry about deleting cache for them. $LSDIFF_ICON_FOLDER: The folder icon. (Default: ) $LSDIFF_ICON_FILE: The file icon. (Default: )

Run lsdiff -u to update the cache file manually

You can run lsdiff -h or lsdiff --help to get help.

Notes

• Some of this code was generated with ChatGPT
• I might change the cache file format in the future. This will not affect users very much.
• I might add a way to conveniently refresh the cache idk tho