Git refined diff output

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git • terminal • linux

Package Link to heading

Find the location of your diff-highlight package:

pacman -Ql git | grep diff-highlight

dpkg -L git | grep diff-highlight

rpm -ql git | grep diff-highlight

Configure Link to heading

Edit your ~/.gitconfig to contain this section:

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  log  = perl /usr/share/git/diff-highlight/diff-highlight | less
  show = perl /usr/share/git/diff-highlight/diff-highlight | less
  diff = perl /usr/share/git/diff-highlight/diff-highlight | less

Usage Link to heading

Now your git diff will highlight individual changes.

Future Link to heading

All we have to do now is wait until git will have the diff highlight properly implemented as a flag or config option instead of having it written in an obsolete and slow programming language.