GitHub text diff

This is Google Chrome extension sample to show the text diff of .RTF files on GitHub.

Based on chrome-extension-webpack-boilerplate and GitHub REST API.

Libraries used:

• rtf2text for RTF parsing
• jsdiff for diff implementation
• diff2html for HTML output

Development

0. Install yarn if needed
1. yarn install
2. yarn run start
3. Open chrome://extensions/ and check Developer mode
4. Click on Load unpacked extension
5. Select the build folder

Add GitHub Access token

For private repos you need to create a new GitHub Access Token:

1. Go to https://github.com/settings/tokens
2. Generate a new token (select repo scope)
3. Click on extension icon and then on Add GitHub Access token

(OR Right-click on extension icon and then on Options in the dropdown menu)

4. Enter the valid token and click on Save