README.md

freecodecamp-cn-challenges-diff-parser

Intro

freecodecamp-cn-challenges-diff-parser is a simple tool, primarily targeted for freeCodeCamp China developers, contributors and maintainers.

How it works

1. It takes in two commits hash for comparison. By default, one is from local history, while the other one is from the latest freecodecamp/curriculum dev branch.
   • Note that the earlier commit (i.e. the one from local history) is currently static. Will use the commit off which the latest translation is based from tag tree
2. After retrieving the diff of two commits, iterate through the related .json challenge files, looking for id/title corresponding to the diffs. Then, generate output.
3. The output includes the following information:
   • File path (new, old or both) of modified challenges
   • id or title of modified challenges
   • Line changes (old code and new cold) of modified challenges, resembles that of git diff (alternative)

Install

Global

// TODO: Publish via npm

Local (dev)

Clone repositories

1. git clone https://github.com/FreeCodeCampChina/curriculum-cn
2. git clone https://github.com/FreeCodeCampChina/freecodecamp-cn-challenges-diff-parser

Install dependencies of diff-parser

1. cd freecodecamp-cn-challenges-diff-parser
2. npm i or yarn install

Create local dev-track-en branch of curriculum-cn repo

!important

1. cd ../curriculum-cn
2. git checkout -b dev-track-en origin/dev-track-en

Note that either folder structure below should work

• Diff parser is within the same level of curriculum-cn

.
├── curriculum-cn
|   ├── challenges/
|   └── index.js
├── freecodecamp-cn-challenges-diff-parser
|   ├── lib/
|   └── index.js
|
...

• Diff parser is within the same level of curriculum-cn parent folder cn (has to be cn)

.
├── cn
|   ├── curriculum-cn/
|       ├── challenges/
|       └── index.js
|   ...
├── freecodecamp-cn-challenges-diff-parser
|   ├── lib/
|   └── index.js
|
...

Usage

As global package

// TODO: Publish via npm

Under freecodecamp-cn-challenges-diff-parser directory

node index.js

Under curriculum-cn directory

node ${path_to_freecodecamp-cn-challenges-diff-parser}/index.js

Flags/Options

node index.js [--type] [--path] [--debug]

--type

• Determine output type, possible values are title and id
• Defaults to title when not passed in
• Note: when type is given, detailed line changes are suppressed (consider --type as --type-only)

--path

• Determine output path type, possible values are new and old
• Defaults to 'both' when not passed in

--debug

• Determine whether to show line number for each hunk of code change

Example

• node index.js will output:
  • Detailed line changes
  • Title corresponding to the line changes
  • Both new and old file path corresponding to the line changes
• node index.js --type=id will output:
  • ID corresponding to the line changes
  • Both new and old file path corresponding to the line changes
• node index.js --type=title --path=new will output:
  • Title corresponding to the line changes
  • New file path corresponding to the line changes
• node index.js --type=title --debug will output:
  • Title corresponding to the line changes
  • Both new and old file path corresponding to the line changes
  • Line number corresponding to the line changes of both old file path and new file path

Data Structure

• DiffObject object for output

newPath: String<Path>
oldPath: String<Path>
oldFile: Array<String>    # The old JSON file split with \n
newFile: Array<String>    # The new JSON file split with \n
diffs: Array<ParsedHunk>  # Array that contains all parsed diff content

• ParsedHunk

oldStart: Number         # The line number (of old json file) where change happens
newStart: Number         # The line number (of old json file) where change happens
data: Array<DiffContent>

• DiffContent

sign: String     # Possible values are ' ', '+' or '-', where ' ' denotes unchanged line of code, '+' denotes code addition and '-' denotes code subtraction
content: String  # Line diff

TODO

• Add eslint
• Verify Node.js version 6.3.0
• Verify corresponding NPM version
• Generate HTML output, pug?
• Add babel
• Set up build process