Comparing Package Versions with Diffify

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Diffify is a web service that compares two R package versions and highlights concrete changes: it reads NEWS when available, diffs namespace files to show rcpp removed from Imports, lists four functions added and flags signature changes where the second positional argument changed. The demo shows clickable diffs of functions and programmatic exploration, the back end is complete, the front end is still in development, and an initial launch is expected around May 1st.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:14Liberty
3. 1:35Get repo
4. 2:14Fake consultant happiness
5. 2:37Diffifycom
6. 3:06Example
7. 3:38News
8. 3:54Quartz Change
9. 4:10Namespace Change
10. 4:28Function Changes

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