YAMLynx 🕵️♂️
Compare YAML files with ease — see line-by-line differences, with inline highlights and hover tooltips right inside VS Code.
✨ Features
- 🔍 Compare two YAML files
- 🧠 Detect unique key-value pairs
- 📤 Output differences in the Output Panel
- ✨ Highlight differing lines in both files
- 💬 Hover tooltips for context
- ⚙️ Customizable highlight colors
🚀 Getting Started
1. Open the Command Palette:
2. Select two .yaml or .yml files
- File A: base/reference
- File B: the one you're comparing against
3. See:
- Unique key-value lines in the Output Panel
- Highlighted lines directly in the editor
- Tooltips when you hover over a diff
⚙️ Configuration
Customize highlight colors in your settings.json :
"yamlCompare.highlightColorA": "rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.3)", // File A (red)
"yamlCompare.highlightColorB": "rgba(0, 120, 255, 0.3)" // File B (blue)
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