git_diff_tool_for_excel_files.md

• Install [ExcelCompare] (https://github.com/na-ka-na/ExcelCompare) in $HOME/bin/excel_cmp

• Wrapper for non-zero exit code for excel_cmp : $HOME/bin/excel_cmp

  echo "diffing $*"
  $HOME/bin/excel_cmp/bin/excel_cmp "$1" "$2"
  exit 0

• Configure [git config] (file://)

[diff "excel"]
    command = $HOME/bin/wrapper_excel_diff.sh

• Add/commit/push .gitattributes file

.gitattributes
*.xls diff=excel
*.xlsx diff=excel

git diff
diffing Matrice_de_flux.xlsx /tmp/jhLgQi_Matrice_de_flux.xlsx 83a2e2e8ec91d45b1d8cbebf4243fa3af8fa9520 100644 Matrice_de_flux.xlsx 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 100644
DIFF  Cell at     OXO-PRP!B10 => '
SSUP-66390
CLOUD-2112' v/s 'SSUP-66320'
DIFF  Cell at     OJO-PRP!E12 => 'OK' v/s 'En cours'
----------------- DIFF -------------------
Sheets: [OXO-PRP]
Rows: [10, 12]
Cols: [B, E]
----------------- EXTRA WB1 -------------------
Sheets: []
Rows: []
Cols: []
----------------- EXTRA WB2 -------------------
Sheets: []
Rows: []
Cols: []
-----------------------------------------
Excel files Matrice_de_flux.xlsx and /tmp/jhLgQi_Matrice_de_flux.xlsx differ