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diff(exp, act) public

Returns a diff between exp and act. If there is no known diff command or if it doesn’t make sense to diff the output (single line, short output), then it simply returns a basic comparison between the two.

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# File lib/minitest/unit.rb, line 104
    def diff exp, act
      require "tempfile"

      expect = mu_pp_for_diff exp
      butwas = mu_pp_for_diff act
      result = nil

      need_to_diff =
        MiniTest::Assertions.diff &&
        (expect.include?("\n")    ||
         butwas.include?("\n")    ||
         expect.size > 30         ||
         butwas.size > 30         ||
         expect == butwas)

      return "Expected: #{mu_pp exp}\n  Actual: #{mu_pp act}" unless
        need_to_diff

      Tempfile.open("expect") do |a|
        a.puts expect
        a.flush

        Tempfile.open("butwas") do |b|
          b.puts butwas
          b.flush

          result = `#{MiniTest::Assertions.diff} #{a.path} #{b.path}`
          result.sub!(/^\-\-\- .+/, "--- expected")
          result.sub!(/^\+\+\+ .+/, "+++ actual")

          if result.empty? then
            klass = exp.class
            result = [
                      "No visible difference.",
                      "You should look at your implementation of #{klass}#==.",
                      expect
                     ].join "\n"
          end
        end
      end

      result
    end

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