--- title: DiffDebugging | daily.dev description: Diff Debugging is a technique used to find regression bugs in software by identifying the specific change that caused them to appear. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/diffdebugging-5qnhgbqnd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: DiffDebugging | daily.dev og:description: Diff Debugging is a technique used to find regression bugs in software by identifying the specific change that caused them to appear. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/diffdebugging-5qnhgbqnd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5qnHgbqnD.png og:image:alt: DiffDebugging og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # DiffDebugging **[Martin Fowler](https://daily.dev/sources/mafo)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Diff Debugging is a technique used to find regression bugs in software by identifying the specific change that caused them to appear. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git), [#version-control](https://daily.dev/tags/version-control) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/diffdebugging-5qnhgbqnd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"DiffDebugging","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/diffdebugging-5qnhgbqnd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/diffdebugging-5qnhgbqnd"},"datePublished":"2023-12-04T15:15:05.156Z","dateModified":"2023-12-04T15:15:04.455Z","description":"Diff Debugging is a technique used to find regression bugs in software by identifying the specific change that caused them to appear.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/adf0e5d53803a381eed056e4a815ffe2?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/adf0e5d53803a381eed056e4a815ffe2?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Martin Fowler","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Martin Fowler","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/mafo","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/mafo"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/diffdebugging-5qnhgbqnd","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"git,version-control","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Martin Fowler","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/mafo"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"DiffDebugging"}]} ```