Compare XML file (attributes, nodes and text)

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I know that there are already several questions about this topic, but none of the solutions seem to work for me. I already tried everything with Diff in the name, XMLUnit, FatAntelope, xdocument and several more. My main problem with These approaches was, that I either don't get the output I want or no output at all. The best approach was XmlDiffLib with the following code:

var exampleA = File.ReadAllText(@"Error0.xml");
var exampleB = File.ReadAllText(@"Error1.xml");

var diff = new XmlDiff(exampleA, exampleB);

diff.CompareDocuments(new XmlDiffOptions());

Console.WriteLine(diff.ToString());
Console.ReadLine();

but it only shows me changed text (f.e. <error>TextThatCanBeDetected</error>). I want additional to check for changed attributes (<error same="IWantToCheckThisToo"/>)

Inline Edit diff has other flaws too, for example if in the new XML is an extra tag it won't be recognized as one End inline edit

I would be very happy to help me with this problem, below is an example of the XML file 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<message>
<header>
</header>
<body>
    <error name="MyName"> MyInnerXML </error>
</body>
</message>

(Note that the original file is around 100 lines long)

EDIT

So one answer was to change the CompareDocuments method to

diff.CompareDocuments(new XmlDiffOptions { IgnoreAttributes=false });

but the output was this

(I used wudri and hudri for the name tag, it tells me that wudri is not found but nothing about hudri)

xml c#
1 Answers

Simply specify to not ignore attributes in your XmlDiffOptions:

diff.CompareDocuments(new XmlDiffOptions { IgnoreAttributes = false });

Moreover you need to specify to compare both directions to identify both values for the differing node:

diff.CompareDocuments(new XmlDiffOptions { IgnoreAttributes = false, TwoWayMatch = true });
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