npm package: @iflow-mcp/samihalawa-mcp-server-diff-editor
Description: MCP Server Diff Editor - Advanced Code Comparison & Merge Tool for AI Assistants
Author: samihalawa
Latest version: 1.0.0

# 🔧 MCP Server Diff Editor - Advanced Code Comparison & Merge Tool for AI Assistants

**Powerful Model Context Protocol server for intelligent code diff analysis, file comparison, and automated merge operations through AI assistants.**

## 🚀 Overview

MCP Server Diff Editor provides AI assistants with advanced code comparison, diff analysis, and intelligent merge capabilities. Perfect for code reviews, version control operations, and automated file synchronization workflows.

## ⭐ Key Features

- **📊 Advanced Diff Analysis** - Intelligent code comparison with syntax highlighting
- **🔀 Smart Merge Operations** - Automated conflict resolution and merge strategies
- **📝 Multi-Format Support** - Support for various file types and programming languages
- **🎯 Semantic Comparison** - Beyond line-by-line, understand code structure changes
- **📈 Visual Diff Rendering** - Generate visual diff representations
- **🔍 Pattern Recognition** - Identify common refactoring patterns and changes

## 🛠️ Available Tools

### Diff Operations
- `compare_files` - Compare two files and generate detailed diff
- `compare_directories` - Recursive directory comparison
- `analyze_changes` - Semantic analysis of code changes
- `generate_patch` - Create patch files from differences

### Merge Operations
- `merge_files` - Intelligent file merging with conflict resolution
- `resolve_conflicts` - Automated conflict resolution strategies
- `apply_patch` - Apply patch files to target files
- `preview_merge` - Preview merge results before applying

### Analysis Tools
- `detect_patterns` - Identify refactoring and change patterns
- `calculate_similarity` - Measure file similarity scores
- `extract_changes` - Extract specific types of changes
- `generate_summary` - Create human-readable change summaries

## 🚀 Quick Start

```bash
# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the MCP server
npm start

# Example usage through MCP client
compare_files(file1="old_version.js", file2="new_version.js")
```

## 📖 Use Cases

- **Code Reviews** - Automated code review assistance and analysis
- **Version Control** - Enhanced Git operations and merge conflict resolution
- **File Synchronization** - Intelligent file sync with change detection
- **Refactoring Analysis** - Track and analyze code refactoring patterns
- **Documentation Updates** - Compare and merge documentation changes
- **Configuration Management** - Track configuration file changes

## 🔧 Supported File Types

### Programming Languages
- **JavaScript/TypeScript** - Advanced syntax-aware comparison
- **Python** - Semantic diff with function-level analysis
- **Java/C#** - Object-oriented code structure comparison
- **HTML/CSS** - Web markup and styling diff analysis
- **JSON/YAML** - Structured data comparison
- **Markdown** - Documentation diff with formatting preservation

### Configuration Files
- **Package.json** - Dependency change analysis
- **Docker files** - Container configuration comparison
- **CI/CD configs** - Pipeline configuration diff analysis

## 🎯 Advanced Features

- **Syntax-Aware Diffing** - Understand code structure, not just text
- **Intelligent Conflict Resolution** - AI-powered merge conflict resolution
- **Change Impact Analysis** - Assess the impact of code changes
- **Refactoring Detection** - Identify moved, renamed, and restructured code
- **Custom Diff Algorithms** - Configurable comparison strategies
- **Integration Ready** - Easy integration with existing development workflows

## 📊 Diff Algorithms

- **Myers Algorithm** - Standard line-based diff algorithm
- **Patience Diff** - Better handling of code reorganization
- **Histogram Diff** - Optimized for large files
- **Semantic Diff** - Structure-aware comparison for code
- **Word-level Diff** - Fine-grained text comparison

## 🏷️ Tags

`diff-editor` `code-comparison` `merge-tool` `mcp-server` `version-control` `git-integration` `code-review` `file-comparison` `conflict-resolution` `ai-assistant` `claude-desktop` `development-tools` `code-analysis` `refactoring-tools` `patch-management` `syntax-highlighting` `semantic-diff`

## 📄 License

MIT License - Built for intelligent code comparison and merge operations.

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**Empowering AI assistants with advanced code diff analysis and intelligent merge capabilities** 🔧