CPANPLU...ns::Diff(3)

💖 CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Diff 💖

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Diff — the little glow-up plugin that lives inside the CPANPLUS default shell and lets you peek at what actually changed between module versions. it's giving detective energy 🔍✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's the vibe, copy-paste and go:

### diff version 1.3 and 1.4
CPAN Terminal> /diff DBI 1.3 1.4

### diff version 1.3 against the most recent on CPAN
CPAN Terminal> /diff DBI 1.3

### diff your installed version against the most
### recent on CPAN
CPAN Terminal> /diff DBI

### use context style diff
### other options are: Unified, OldStyle
CPAN Terminal> /diff DBI --style=Context

### list help from withing the shell:
CPAN Terminal> /? diff

no cap, that last comment really does say "withing" in the original and I am not touching it — we respect the source material in this house 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does this thing even do?? it lets you diff two versions of a module and see what code changes went down. that's it. that's the whole slay. two versions in, a diff out, and suddenly you know exactly which lines got rewritten between releases. main character investigative journalism fr fr 💅

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

this module was made by Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>. iconic of him honestly 🎀

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright (c) 2005, Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.

this library is free software; you may redistribute and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. so go forth, remix it, share it, it's yours to play with ✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• CPANPLUS::Shell::Default
• cpanp
• CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::HOWTO

go read those if you wanna understand the whole ecosystem, iykyk 🌈

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this lil doc shipped with perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, and it was formatted for the User Contributed Perl Documentation collection. mwah, go diff something 💋💖