[Tex/LaTex] How to ignore starred command (such as \section*) with latexdiff

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I try to ignore changes of \section* in latexdiff, and while I am able to do so for \section, the same does not work for \section*.

This is a.tex:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
    \section{Hello}
    Hi

    \section*{Bye}
    Cya
\end{document}

This is b.tex:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
    Hi

    Cya
\end{document}

latexdiff --exclude-textcmd="section" a.tex b.tex > c.tex correctly excludes changes in \section; but replacing section by section* does not work for \section*.

Best Answer

Try escaping the asterisk using a backslash:

latexdiff --exclude-textcmd="section\*" a.tex b.tex > c.tex
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