I just installed diffoscope and ran it on two files and got this error:
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diffoscope
/gnu/store/lf2ybanhxpvbgbxcsxmc733v010g15fp-clisp-2.49/lib/clisp-2.49/base/lispinit.mem
/gnu/store/lf2ybanhxpvbgbxcsxmc733v010g15fp-clisp-2.49-check/lib/clisp-2.49/base/lispinit.mem
---
/gnu/store/lf2ybanhxpvbgbxcsxmc733v010g15fp-clisp-2.49/lib/clisp-2.49/base/lispinit.mem
+++
/gnu/store/lf2ybanhxpvbgbxcsxmc733v010g15fp-clisp-2.49-check/lib/clisp-2.49/base/lispinit.mem
│┄ xxd not available in path. Falling back to Python hexlify.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File
"/gnu/store/i0rn71jcspqr6p9lbfrghh2xkv5gmp77-diffoscope-63/lib/python3.5/site-packages/diffoscope/main.py",
line 290, in main
sys.exit(run_diffoscope(parsed_args))
File
"/gnu/store/i0rn71jcspqr6p9lbfrghh2xkv5gmp77-diffoscope-63/lib/python3.5/site-packages/diffoscope/main.py",
line 268, in run_diffoscope
output_text(difference, print_func=print_func, color=color)
File
"/gnu/store/i0rn71jcspqr6p9lbfrghh2xkv5gmp77-diffoscope-63/lib/python3.5/site-packages/diffoscope/presenters/text.py",
line 59, in output_text
print_difference(difference, print_func, color)
File
"/gnu/store/i0rn71jcspqr6p9lbfrghh2xkv5gmp77-diffoscope-63/lib/python3.5/site-packages/diffoscope/presenters/text.py",
line 34, in print_difference
diff_output = color_unified_diff(difference.unified_diff)
File
"/gnu/store/i0rn71jcspqr6p9lbfrghh2xkv5gmp77-diffoscope-63/lib/python3.5/site-packages/diffoscope/__init__.py",
line 69, in tool_check
raise RequiredToolNotFound(command)
diffoscope.exc.RequiredToolNotFound: colordiff
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We either need to add xxd (from vim) or colordiff.
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