diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 72b1b81..1aea0cb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module source.toby3d.me/toby3d/hacks
 
 go 1.22.0
+
+require github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a8d551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
diff --git a/testing/testing.go b/testing/testing.go
index 10b9796..8e30c3d 100644
--- a/testing/testing.go
+++ b/testing/testing.go
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 package testing
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 )
 
 //nolint:gochecknoglobals // сompiler global flags cannot be read from within tests
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ func GoldenEqual(tb testing.TB, output io.Reader) {
 		tb.Fatal("cannot read golden file data:", err)
 	}
 
-	if !bytes.Equal(actual, expect) {
-		tb.Errorf("the test output does not match the contents of %s.golden file", tb.Name())
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(actual, expect); diff != "" {
+		tb.Error(diff)
 	}
 }