Can stripComments and explodeAnchors for compare

cmd/compare.go

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ yq x -d1 dataA.yaml dataB.yaml 'a.b.c'
 	cmdCompare.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&docIndex, "doc", "d", "0", "process document index number (0 based, * for all documents)")
 	cmdCompare.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&printMode, "printMode", "p", "v", "print mode (v (values, default), p (paths), pv (path and value pairs)")
 	cmdCompare.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&defaultValue, "defaultValue", "D", "", "default value printed when there are no results")
+	cmdCompare.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&stripComments, "stripComments", "", false, "strip comments out before comparing")
+	cmdCompare.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&explodeAnchors, "explodeAnchors", "X", false, "explode anchors")
 	return cmdCompare
 }
 

cmd/compare_test.go

@@ -16,6 +16,55 @@ func TestCompareSameCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
 }
 
+func TestCompareIgnoreCommentsCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "compare --stripComments ../examples/data1.yaml ../examples/data1-no-comments.yaml")
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	expectedOutput := ``
+	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
+}
+
+func TestCompareDontIgnoreCommentsCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	forceOsExit = false
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "compare ../examples/data1.yaml ../examples/data1-no-comments.yaml")
+
+	expectedOutput := `-a: simple # just the best
++a: simple
+ b: [1, 2]
+ c:
+   test: 1
+`
+	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
+}
+
+func TestCompareExplodeAnchorsCommentsCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "compare --explodeAnchors ../examples/simple-anchor.yaml ../examples/simple-anchor-exploded.yaml")
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	expectedOutput := ``
+	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
+}
+
+func TestCompareDontExplodeAnchorsCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	forceOsExit = false
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "compare ../examples/simple-anchor.yaml ../examples/simple-anchor-exploded.yaml")
+
+	expectedOutput := `-foo: &foo
++foo:
+   a: 1
+ foobar:
+-  !!merge <<: *foo
++  a: 1
+`
+	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
+}
+
 func TestCompareDifferentCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	forceOsExit = false
 	cmd := getRootCommand()

examples/data1-no-comments.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+a: simple
+b: [1, 2]
+c:
+  test: 1

examples/sample2.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-b:
-  c: things

examples/simple-anchor-exploded.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+foo:
+  a: 1
+
+foobar: 
+  a: 1