Vbadiff

Advanced add-ins like “MZ-Tools” or “Rubberduck VBA” offer built-in diff viewers. Rubberduck, in particular, integrates with Git, allowing developers to stage, commit, and diff VBA code directly from the VBA editor. These solutions provide syntax highlighting, line-by-line comparison, and even refactoring hints based on the diff.

Using "vbadiff", John can compare the two versions to see exactly what changes were made:

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It reads VBA projects directly from files, bypassing the need to open Excel or Word.