show embedded template diffs line-by-line

[amirabbas8]

Hi team,

I’ve developed a proof of concept for displaying template differences in the job plan output. Instead of modifying the API fields, I handled the changes directly in the client. Specifically, I added a conditional check in the final step where the field is edited. This check determines whether the field name is EmbeddedTmpl and, if so, utilizes a library to display the diff.

I’d appreciate your feedback on this approach. Do you agree with handling the diff in both the command-line interface and the web UI, or would you prefer modifying the API instead? Additionally, are there any other suggestions or improvements you would recommend?

Thank you for your time.

#23603

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[amirabbas8]

Hey @tgross,
Just checking if there will be a review of this merge request. 🙏🏻
Thanks!

[tgross]

Hi @amirabbas8!

The approach here looks great. We could do this on the server-side, but then the API client would need to transform the multi-line output anyways, so I think you've made the right choice here.

I'm a little more fuzzy on the UI side, so I'm going to tag in my colleague @philrenaud for his thoughts on the code and the new dependency you've introduced.