Ignore large block of text

[AlexFeren]

Please provide screenshots illustrating the issue.

It's exactly as above:

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text
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        set private-key "-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAACmFlczI1Ni1jdHIAAAAGYmNyeXB0AAAAGAAAABCGR2b7mr
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base 64 text
base 64 text
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qcRimIuw==
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----"
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text
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        set private-key "-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIDnjCCA1ygAwIBAgIIX2FQJDyoPPMwCwYJYIZIAWUDBAMCMIGdMQswCQYDVQQG
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base 64 text
base 64 text
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tSKBjT/R3vZOU6+VvWvx4yJN
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----"
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text
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and ALL Lines within text blocks delimited by "-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY----- and -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----" need to be excluded from comparison.

[psguru]

I meant screenshots with your options and EDP comparison results.

[AlexFeren]

Rather than back/forth. I’ve provided content - demonstrate how you’d achieve the requirement using that content. If you can, then problem’s solved.

[psguru]

You seem to be oddly uninterested to see this issue resolve. Please see below.

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Is this what you wanted to achieve?

[AlexFeren]

Thank you, that works and I appreciate your effort for the workaround... Except, it is un-intuitive, never mind that a Base-64 blobs aren't comments.

Firstly, my ".config" files can come from multiple vendor appliances - all will have different "comments", so, doing this every time I load a different file is unwieldy.

Secondly, the right place to introduce a new "Ignore (multi-line) text block" feature is exactly in your screenshot - it's in "Text Comparison Option", below "Ignore parts of each line", not as a comment for a file type.

I think it wouldn't be tremendous effort for developer (you?) to introduce a new "Ignore (multi-line) text block" feature.

[psguru]

Except, it is un-intuitive, never mind that a Base-64 blobs aren't comments.

Yes, it's a workaround and a solution to your problem. And why do you care if's it not really comments?

Firstly, my ".config" files can come from multiple vendor appliances - all will have different "comments", so, doing this every time I load a different file is unwieldy.

You can use the OR (vertical bar) expression to expand the regex I provided, thus covering multiple syntax options.

Secondly, the right place to introduce a new "Ignore (multi-line) text block" feature is exactly in your screenshot - it's in "Text Comparison Option", below "Ignore parts of each line", not as a comment for a file type.

If/when this is implemented, it will still be done via a regular expression, only the one that can span multiple lines (like for the comments). We'll add the following to the wish list:

Option to ignore multi-line text blocks

[AlexFeren]

Except, it is un-intuitive, never mind that a Base-64 blobs aren't comments.

Yes, it's a workaround and a solution to your problem. And why do you care if's it not really comments?

I care because... See attached image.