Compare files from the command line
Open the diff viewer to compare two files from the command line. For example, you can compare the current version of a file with its backup, or your local copy of a file with its copy from the remote repository or its copy from another branch.
You can find the script for running DataGrip in the installation directory under bin. To use this script as the command-line launcher, add it to your system PATH as described in Command-line interface.
- Syntax
- datagrip.bat diff <path1> <path2>
- Example
- datagrip.bat diff C:\MyProject\Readme.md C:\MyProject\Readme.md.bak
By default, DataGrip does not provide a command-line launcher. For information about creating a launcher script for DataGrip, see Command-line interface.
- Syntax
- datagrip diff <path1> <path2>
- Example
- datagrip diff ~/MyProject/Readme.md ~/MyProject/Readme.md.bak
You can find the script for running DataGrip in the installation directory under bin. To use this script as the command-line launcher, add it to your system PATH as described in Command-line interface.
- Syntax
- datagrip.sh diff <path1> <path2>
- Example
- datagrip.sh diff ~/MyProject/Readme.md ~/MyProject/Readme.md.bak