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+# Copyright Spack Project Developers. See COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack.package import *
+
+
+class Difftastic(CargoPackage):
+    """Difftastic is a structural diff tool that compares files based on their syntax."""
+
+    homepage = "https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/"
+    url = "https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/archive/refs/tags/0.63.0.tar.gz"
+
+    maintainers("alecbcs")
+
+    license("MIT")
+
+    version("0.63.0", sha256="f96bcf4fc961921d52cd9fe5aa94017924abde3d5a3b5a4727b103e9c2d4b416")
+
+    depends_on("rust@0.64.0:", type="build")