Description
Diff TeX, 'rmarkdown' or 'quarto' Files Using the 'latexdiff' Utility.
Description
Produces a PDF diff of two 'rmarkdown', 'quarto', Sweave or TeX files, using the external 'latexdiff' utility.
README.md
latexdiffr
latexdiffr is a small library that uses the latexdiff
command to create a diff of two Rmarkdown, .Rnw or TeX files.
Installation
remotes::install_github("hughjonesd/latexdiffr")
You will also need latexdiff
installed on your system:
# on MacOS:
brew install latexdiff
# on Linux:
sudo apt install latexdiff
# with tinytex
Rscript -e "tinytex::tlmgr_install('latexdiff')"
Example
library(latexdiffr)
# tinytex::tlmgr_path("add")
latexdiff("file1.Rmd", "file2.Rmd")
This produces output like:
git_latexdiff()
allows you to compare different revisions of a file in git:
# 3 revisions ago:
git_latexdiff("my-file.Rmd", "HEAD~3")