From d3fa41584599814e4d1f37abca26613d31122490 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GeiserX <9169332+GeiserX@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:18:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: fix the --max-depth flag and state the GPL license
without a non-commercial clause
README and usage.md cited --depth; the parser only knows --max-depth. The
license section said the software is not for commercial use, which the GPL in
LICENSE does not allow anyone to add; it is now one GPL-3.0-or-later line with
an absolute link, since Docker Hub and PyPI both render this README.
installation.md becomes getting-started.md with a pinned Docker image, ci.md
folds into usage.md, the license badge is dynamic, and setup.py says
GPL-3.0-or-later and ships the LICENSE file again (twine 7 accepts it).
---
README.md | 17 +++++------
docs/ci.md | 61 ---------------------------------------
docs/getting-started.md | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
docs/installation.md | 39 -------------------------
docs/related.md | 3 +-
docs/usage.md | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
setup.py | 6 ++--
7 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 116 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 docs/ci.md
create mode 100644 docs/getting-started.md
delete mode 100644 docs/installation.md
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75e836f..f62559f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
+
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
-
+
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Comparing web pages gets hard once Wayback Machine injections, whitespace noise
- Strips Wayback Machine banners, analytics and playback scripts, and URL rewrites, so you compare the real content.
- Tags every change High, Medium or Low.
- Screenshots in Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Opera, with side-by-side and pixel-diff images (`--visual`).
-- Site-wide crawl and compare with `--traverse --depth N`.
+- Site-wide crawl and compare with `--traverse --max-depth N`.
- Text, JSON and unified diff output, plus Markdown reports (`--markdown`).
- CI exit codes: `0` no changes, `1` low or medium, `2` high.
- Installs from PyPI, from source or as a Docker image.
@@ -33,19 +33,16 @@ pip install wayback-diff
wayback-diff https://web.archive.org/web/20230101/https://example.com/ https://example.com/
```
-Add `--visual --markdown` for screenshots and a report (`pip install wayback-diff[visual]` first).
+Add `--visual --markdown` for screenshots and a report (`pip install "wayback-diff[visual]"` first). Needs Python 3.10 or newer; the source and Docker installs are in [Getting started](https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff/blob/main/docs/getting-started.md).
## Documentation
-- [Installation](https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff/blob/main/docs/installation.md): PyPI, source, Docker
-- [Usage](https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff/blob/main/docs/usage.md): options, visual comparison, Markdown reports, output formats
-- [CI/CD integration](https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff/blob/main/docs/ci.md): exit codes, GitHub Actions and shell gates
+- [Getting started](https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff/blob/main/docs/getting-started.md): PyPI, source, Docker
+- [Usage](https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff/blob/main/docs/usage.md): options, visual comparison, Markdown reports, output formats, and CI/CD gates on the exit codes
- [How it works](https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff/blob/main/docs/how-it-works.md): cleaning, significance scoring, comparison with similar tools
- [Development](https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff/blob/main/docs/development.md): tests and contributing
- [Related projects](https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff/blob/main/docs/related.md)
## License
-This project is licensed under the **GNU General Public License v3.0** (GPL-3.0). See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
-
-This software is **not** intended for commercial use.
+[GPL-3.0-or-later](https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff/blob/main/LICENSE)
diff --git a/docs/ci.md b/docs/ci.md
deleted file mode 100644
index ea83a8c..0000000
--- a/docs/ci.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-# CI/CD integration
-
-Wayback-Diff returns meaningful exit codes designed for pipeline gates:
-
-| Exit Code | Meaning |
-|-----------|---------|
-| `0` | No differences detected |
-| `1` | Low or medium significance changes |
-| `2` | High significance changes detected |
-
-## GitHub Actions example
-
-```yaml
-name: Visual Regression Check
-on:
- pull_request:
-
-jobs:
- diff:
- runs-on: ubuntu-latest
- steps:
- - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
- - name: Set up Python
- uses: actions/setup-python@v5
- with:
- python-version: "3.11"
-
- - name: Install Wayback-Diff
- run: |
- pip install -r requirements.txt
- pip install -e ".[visual]"
-
- - name: Compare staging vs production
- run: |
- wayback-diff \
- https://staging.example.com \
- https://production.example.com \
- --visual --markdown --format json -o diff.json
-
- - name: Upload report
- if: always()
- uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
- with:
- name: diff-report
- path: reports/
-```
-
-## Shell script gate
-
-```bash
-wayback-diff "$OLD_URL" "$NEW_URL" --format json -o result.json
-EXIT_CODE=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 2 ]; then
- echo "BLOCKING: high-significance changes detected"
- exit 1
-elif [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 1 ]; then
- echo "WARNING: minor changes detected"
-fi
-```
diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55d859b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Getting started
+
+Wayback-Diff needs Python 3.10 or newer.
+
+## From PyPI
+
+```bash
+pip install wayback-diff
+
+# With visual comparison support
+pip install wayback-diff[visual]
+```
+
+## From source
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff.git
+cd Wayback-Diff
+python3 -m venv venv
+source venv/bin/activate # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+For visual comparison support:
+
+```bash
+pip install -e ".[visual]"
+```
+
+## Docker
+
+```bash
+docker run --rm drumsergio/wayback-diff:1.1.0 https://example.com/a https://example.com/b
+```
+
+The image is built for `linux/amd64`; on Apple Silicon add `--platform linux/amd64`. To build the image from a checkout instead: `docker build -t wayback-diff .`, then `docker run --rm wayback-diff `.
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
deleted file mode 100644
index f2e82a8..0000000
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# Installation
-
-## From PyPI
-
-```bash
-pip install wayback-diff
-
-# With visual comparison support
-pip install wayback-diff[visual]
-```
-
-## From source
-
-```bash
-git clone https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff.git
-cd Wayback-Diff
-python3 -m venv venv
-source venv/bin/activate # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
-pip install -r requirements.txt
-pip install -e .
-```
-
-For visual comparison support:
-
-```bash
-pip install -e ".[visual]"
-```
-
-## Docker
-
-```bash
-docker build -t wayback-diff .
-docker run --rm wayback-diff https://example.com/a https://example.com/b
-```
-
-## Supported versions
-
-
-
diff --git a/docs/related.md b/docs/related.md
index 6b72c83..a401011 100644
--- a/docs/related.md
+++ b/docs/related.md
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
| Project | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| [Wayback-Archive](https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Archive) | Download complete websites from the Wayback Machine with full asset preservation |
-| [Wayback-Diff](https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff) | Intelligent web page comparison tool with Wayback Machine support |
| [Way-CMS](https://github.com/GeiserX/Way-CMS) | Simple web CMS for editing HTML/CSS files downloaded from Wayback Archive |
| [web-mirror](https://github.com/GeiserX/web-mirror) | Mirror any webpage to a local server for offline access |
| [media-download](https://github.com/GeiserX/media-download) | Download all media files from any web page into a folder schema |
-| [n8n-nodes-way-cms](https://github.com/GeiserX/n8n-nodes-way-cms) | n8n community node for Way-CMS archived web content management |
+| [n8n-nodes-way-cms](https://github.com/GeiserX/n8n-nodes-way-cms) (archived) | n8n community node for Way-CMS archived web content management |
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 33150fb..c61d372 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ wayback-diff url1 url2 --format unified
```bash
# Crawl and compare across linked pages (depth-limited)
-wayback-diff url1 url2 --traverse --depth 2
+wayback-diff url1 url2 --traverse --max-depth 2
```
## Advanced options
@@ -142,3 +142,64 @@ Structured output for programmatic processing:
### Unified diff
Standard unified diff format, compatible with `patch` and code review tools.
+
+## CI/CD integration
+
+Wayback-Diff returns meaningful exit codes designed for pipeline gates:
+
+| Exit Code | Meaning |
+|-----------|---------|
+| `0` | No differences detected |
+| `1` | Low or medium significance changes |
+| `2` | High significance changes detected |
+
+### GitHub Actions example
+
+```yaml
+name: Visual Regression Check
+on:
+ pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+ diff:
+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+ steps:
+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+ - name: Set up Python
+ uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+ with:
+ python-version: "3.11"
+
+ - name: Install Wayback-Diff
+ run: |
+ pip install "wayback-diff[visual]"
+
+ - name: Compare staging vs production
+ run: |
+ wayback-diff \
+ https://staging.example.com \
+ https://production.example.com \
+ --visual --markdown --format json -o diff.json
+
+ - name: Upload report
+ if: always()
+ uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+ with:
+ name: diff-report
+ path: reports/
+```
+
+### Shell script gate
+
+```bash
+wayback-diff "$OLD_URL" "$NEW_URL" --format json -o result.json
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 2 ]; then
+ echo "BLOCKING: high-significance changes detected"
+ exit 1
+elif [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 1 ]; then
+ echo "WARNING: minor changes detected"
+fi
+```
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6b951f9..2b3c6b9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
version="1.1.0",
author="geiserx",
author_email="sergio@geiser.cloud",
- description="A comprehensive tool for comparing web pages with Wayback Machine support",
+ description="Compare web pages, with Wayback Machine artifact cleaning and significance scoring",
long_description=long_description,
long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
url="https://github.com/GeiserX/Wayback-Diff",
- license="GPL-3.0-only",
- license_files=[],
+ license="GPL-3.0-or-later",
+ license_files=["LICENSE"],
packages=find_packages(),
classifiers=[
"Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
From 068f4076428eb7fcded90436d5331d1d0c804608 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GeiserX <9169332+GeiserX@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:33:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: quote the visual extra so zsh does not glob it
---
docs/getting-started.md | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 55d859b..ea781c7 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Wayback-Diff needs Python 3.10 or newer.
pip install wayback-diff
# With visual comparison support
-pip install wayback-diff[visual]
+pip install "wayback-diff[visual]"
```
## From source