JSON-delta is a multi-language software suite for computing deltas
between JSON-serialized data structures, and applying those deltas as
patches. It enables separate programs at either end of a
communications channel (e.g. client and server over HTTP, or two
processes talking to one another using bidirectional IPC) to
manipulate a data structure while minimizing communications overhead.
This is the python implementation. It requires Python version 2.7 or
newer (including Python 3). It can be installed in the standard way:
$ python setup.py install
(potentially needing superuser privileges). This will install a
single module named json_delta, and scripts named json_diff,
json_patch and json_cat.
HTML documentation for all four of these can be found in the doc/
directory, along with manpages for the scripts.
