Diffstat reads the output of the diff command and displays a histogram of the insertions, deletions, and modifications in each file. Diffstat is commonly used to provide a summary of the changes in large, complex patch files.
| Tags | Software Development Version Control Utilities |
|---|---|
| Licenses | MIT/X |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases


Release Notes: This release adds a "-R" option, like patch's option to show reversed differences. There are also documentation and portability fixes.


Release Notes: This release corrects display for -S/-D options, i.e. calculation of unchanged lines.


Release Notes: A regression in the "-c" option from 1.52 changes was fixed.


Release Notes: This release focuses on code cleanup (for 64-bit platforms) and adding RPM and Debian packaging scripts. There are also two new options (summary and colors) as well as some bugfixes.


Release Notes: A typographical error which made the program fail to recognize files with the ".xz" suffix as compressed was fixed.