diff --git a/assert.go b/assert.go
index 70d5b7d..6560ba0 100644
--- a/assert.go
+++ b/assert.go
@@ -15,52 +15,62 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hexops/gotextdiff/myers"
 )
 
-func objectsAreEqual(expected, actual interface{}) bool {
-	if expected == nil || actual == nil {
-		return expected == actual
-	}
+// A CompareOption modifies how object comparisons behave.
+type CompareOption func() []repr.Option
 
-	exp, eok := expected.([]byte)
-	act, aok := actual.([]byte)
-
-	if eok && aok {
-		return bytes.Equal(exp, act)
+// Exclude fields of the given type from comparison.
+func Exclude[T any]() CompareOption {
+	return func() []repr.Option {
+		return []repr.Option{repr.Hide[T]()}
 	}
-
-	return reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual)
 }
 
 // Compare two values for equality and return true or false.
-func Compare[T any](t testing.TB, x, y T) bool {
-	return objectsAreEqual(x, y)
+func Compare[T any](t testing.TB, x, y T, options ...CompareOption) bool {
+	return objectsAreEqual(x, y, options...)
+}
+
+func extractCompareOptions(msgAndArgs ...any) ([]any, []CompareOption) {
+	compareOptions := []CompareOption{}
+	out := []any{}
+	for _, arg := range msgAndArgs {
+		if opt, ok := arg.(CompareOption); ok {
+			compareOptions = append(compareOptions, opt)
+		} else {
+			out = append(out, arg)
+		}
+	}
+	return out, compareOptions
 }
 
 // Equal asserts that "expected" and "actual" are equal.
 //
 // If they are not, a diff of the Go representation of the values will be displayed.
-func Equal[T any](t testing.TB, expected, actual T, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
-	if objectsAreEqual(expected, actual) {
+func Equal[T any](t testing.TB, expected, actual T, msgArgsAndCompareOptions ...any) {
+	msgArgsAndCompareOptions, compareOptions := extractCompareOptions(msgArgsAndCompareOptions...)
+	if objectsAreEqual(expected, actual, compareOptions...) {
 		return
 	}
 	t.Helper()
-	msg := formatMsgAndArgs("Expected values to be equal:", msgAndArgs...)
-	t.Fatalf("%s\n%s", msg, diff(expected, actual))
+	msg := formatMsgAndArgs("Expected values to be equal:", msgArgsAndCompareOptions...)
+	t.Fatalf("%s\n%s", msg, diff(expected, actual, compareOptions...))
 }
 
 // NotEqual asserts that "expected" is not equal to "actual".
 //
 // If they are equal the expected value will be displayed.
-func NotEqual[T any](t testing.TB, expected, actual T, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
-	if !objectsAreEqual(expected, actual) {
+func NotEqual[T any](t testing.TB, expected, actual T, msgArgsAndCompareOptions ...any) {
+	msgArgsAndCompareOptions, compareOptions := extractCompareOptions(msgArgsAndCompareOptions...)
+	if !objectsAreEqual(expected, actual, compareOptions...) {
 		return
 	}
 	t.Helper()
-	msg := formatMsgAndArgs("Expected values to not be equal but both were:", msgAndArgs...)
+	msg := formatMsgAndArgs("Expected values to not be equal but both were:", msgArgsAndCompareOptions...)
 	t.Fatalf("%s\n%s", msg, repr.String(expected, repr.Indent("  ")))
 }
 
 // Contains asserts that "haystack" contains "needle".
-func Contains(t testing.TB, haystack string, needle string, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func Contains(t testing.TB, haystack string, needle string, msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	if strings.Contains(haystack, needle) {
 		return
 	}
@@ -70,7 +80,7 @@ func Contains(t testing.TB, haystack string, needle string, msgAndArgs ...interf
 }
 
 // NotContains asserts that "haystack" does not contain "needle".
-func NotContains(t testing.TB, haystack string, needle string, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func NotContains(t testing.TB, haystack string, needle string, msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	if !strings.Contains(haystack, needle) {
 		return
 	}
@@ -81,7 +91,7 @@ func NotContains(t testing.TB, haystack string, needle string, msgAndArgs ...int
 }
 
 // Zero asserts that a value is its zero value.
-func Zero[T any](t testing.TB, value T, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func Zero[T any](t testing.TB, value T, msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	var zero T
 	if objectsAreEqual(value, zero) {
 		return
@@ -96,7 +106,7 @@ func Zero[T any](t testing.TB, value T, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 // NotZero asserts that a value is not its zero value.
-func NotZero[T any](t testing.TB, value T, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func NotZero[T any](t testing.TB, value T, msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	var zero T
 	if !objectsAreEqual(value, zero) {
 		val := reflect.ValueOf(value)
@@ -111,7 +121,7 @@ func NotZero[T any](t testing.TB, value T, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 
 // EqualError asserts that either an error is non-nil and that its message is what is expected,
 // or that error is nil if the expected message is empty.
-func EqualError(t testing.TB, err error, errString string, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func EqualError(t testing.TB, err error, errString string, msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	if err == nil && errString == "" {
 		return
 	}
@@ -126,7 +136,7 @@ func EqualError(t testing.TB, err error, errString string, msgAndArgs ...interfa
 }
 
 // IsError asserts than any error in "err"'s tree matches "target".
-func IsError(t testing.TB, err, target error, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func IsError(t testing.TB, err, target error, msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	if errors.Is(err, target) {
 		return
 	}
@@ -135,7 +145,7 @@ func IsError(t testing.TB, err, target error, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 // NotIsError asserts than no error in "err"'s tree matches "target".
-func NotIsError(t testing.TB, err, target error, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func NotIsError(t testing.TB, err, target error, msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	if !errors.Is(err, target) {
 		return
 	}
@@ -144,7 +154,7 @@ func NotIsError(t testing.TB, err, target error, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 // Error asserts that an error is not nil.
-func Error(t testing.TB, err error, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func Error(t testing.TB, err error, msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -153,7 +163,7 @@ func Error(t testing.TB, err error, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 // NoError asserts that an error is nil.
-func NoError(t testing.TB, err error, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func NoError(t testing.TB, err error, msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	if err == nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -163,7 +173,7 @@ func NoError(t testing.TB, err error, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 // True asserts that an expression is true.
-func True(t testing.TB, ok bool, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func True(t testing.TB, ok bool, msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	if ok {
 		return
 	}
@@ -172,7 +182,7 @@ func True(t testing.TB, ok bool, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 // False asserts that an expression is false.
-func False(t testing.TB, ok bool, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func False(t testing.TB, ok bool, msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	if !ok {
 		return
 	}
@@ -181,7 +191,7 @@ func False(t testing.TB, ok bool, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 // Panics asserts that the given function panics.
-func Panics(t testing.TB, fn func(), msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func Panics(t testing.TB, fn func(), msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	t.Helper()
 	defer func() {
 		if recover() == nil {
@@ -193,7 +203,7 @@ func Panics(t testing.TB, fn func(), msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 // NotPanics asserts that the given function does not panic.
-func NotPanics(t testing.TB, fn func(), msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+func NotPanics(t testing.TB, fn func(), msgAndArgs ...any) {
 	t.Helper()
 	defer func() {
 		if err := recover(); err != nil {
@@ -204,15 +214,16 @@ func NotPanics(t testing.TB, fn func(), msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 	fn()
 }
 
-func diff[T any](before, after T) string {
+func diff[T any](before, after T, compareOptions ...CompareOption) string {
 	var lhss, rhss string
 	// Special case strings so we get nice diffs.
 	if l, ok := any(before).(string); ok {
 		lhss = l
 		rhss = any(after).(string)
 	} else {
-		lhss = repr.String(before, repr.Indent("  ")) + "\n"
-		rhss = repr.String(after, repr.Indent("  ")) + "\n"
+		ropts := expandCompareOptions(compareOptions...)
+		lhss = repr.String(before, ropts...) + "\n"
+		rhss = repr.String(after, ropts...) + "\n"
 	}
 	edits := myers.ComputeEdits("a.txt", lhss, rhss)
 	lines := strings.Split(fmt.Sprint(gotextdiff.ToUnified("expected.txt", "actual.txt", lhss, edits)), "\n")
@@ -222,7 +233,7 @@ func diff[T any](before, after T) string {
 	return strings.Join(lines[3:], "\n")
 }
 
-func formatMsgAndArgs(dflt string, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) string {
+func formatMsgAndArgs(dflt string, msgAndArgs ...any) string {
 	if len(msgAndArgs) == 0 {
 		return dflt
 	}
@@ -243,3 +254,33 @@ func needlePosition(haystack, needle string) (quotedHaystack, quotedNeedle, posi
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+func expandCompareOptions(options ...CompareOption) []repr.Option {
+	ropts := []repr.Option{repr.Indent("  ")}
+	for _, option := range options {
+		ropts = append(ropts, option()...)
+	}
+	return ropts
+}
+
+func objectsAreEqual(expected, actual any, options ...CompareOption) bool {
+	if expected == nil || actual == nil {
+		return expected == actual
+	}
+	if exp, eok := expected.([]byte); eok {
+		if act, aok := actual.([]byte); aok {
+			return bytes.Equal(exp, act)
+		}
+	}
+	if exp, eok := expected.(string); eok {
+		if act, aok := actual.(string); aok {
+			return exp == act
+		}
+	}
+
+	ropts := expandCompareOptions(options...)
+	expectedStr := repr.String(expected, ropts...)
+	actualStr := repr.String(actual, ropts...)
+
+	return expectedStr == actualStr
+}
diff --git a/assert_test.go b/assert_test.go
index 728ea64..00bdfa3 100644
--- a/assert_test.go
+++ b/assert_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ func TestEqual(t *testing.T) {
 	assertFail(t, "Different numbers", func(t testing.TB) {
 		Equal(t, 42, 43)
 	})
+	assertOk(t, "Exclude", func(t testing.TB) {
+		Equal(t, Data{Str: "expected", Num: 1234}, Data{Str: "expected"}, Exclude[int64]())
+	})
 }
 
 func TestEqualStrings(t *testing.T) {
@@ -48,6 +51,9 @@ func TestNotEqual(t *testing.T) {
 	assertFail(t, "SameValue", func(t testing.TB) {
 		NotEqual(t, Data{"expected", 1234}, Data{"expected", 1234})
 	})
+	assertFail(t, "Exclude", func(t testing.TB) {
+		NotEqual(t, Data{Str: "expected", Num: 1234}, Data{Str: "expected"}, Exclude[int64]())
+	})
 }
 
 func TestContains(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 45eb9de..ae81508 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ module github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2
 go 1.18
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.2.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.3.0
 	github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 690b029..343eabe 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.2.0 h1:HAzS41CIzNW5syS8Mf9UwXhNH1J9aix/BvDRf1Ml2Yk=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.2.0/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.3.0 h1:NeYzUPfjjlqHY4KtzgKJiWd6sVq2eNUPTi34PiFGjY8=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
 github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3 h1:gitA9+qJrrTCsiCl7+kh75nPqQt1cx4ZkudSTLoUqJM=
 github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3/go.mod h1:pSWU5MAI3yDq+fZBTazCSJysOMbxWL1BSow5/V2vxeg=