CiDiff

Awesome differ for CI build logs

Installation

From source

Clone and compile the repository.

git clone https://github.com/labri-progress/cidiff.git
cd cidiff
./gradlew build

You'll have a binary in the folder cidiff/build/install/cidiff/bin/.

Usage

The command line is defined as such:

cidiff LEFT_LOG_FILE RIGHT_LOG_FILE -o KEY VALUE -o KEY VALUE

With LEFT_LOG_FILE the path the original log file and RIGHT_LOG_FILE the path to the modified log file.

Options can be provided after these two mandatory arguments using the following syntax: -o KEY VALUE.

Available options are described when you run the program without any arguments

Citation

If you CiDiff in an academic work, we would love if you cite the following article:

• What Happened in This Pipeline? Diffing Build Logs with CiDiff: Nicolas Hubner, Jean-Rémy Falleri, Raluca Uricaru, Thomas Degueule, Thomas Durieux. ISSTA, 2025.