Difftastic, the fantastic diff

Re:Difftastic, the fantastic diff by mfrw on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @02:17AM (#32747036)

Although, I do not have much to add; using `difftastic`[0] & `delta` [1] is a very cool combo to make _git_ a little more approachable for newbies like me.

I use delta as my daily driver but sometimes when I want the contextual info, switching to `env GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=difft git log -p --ext-diff` gives a better picture.

[0]: https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic

[1]: https://github.com/dandavison/delta

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Re:Difftastic, the fantastic diff by lapser on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @03:04AM (#32747405)

I've been using delta for a long while, but this is the first time I've heard of difftastic. Why wouldn't you want the context all the time?

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Re:Difftastic, the fantastic diff by mfrw on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @03:18AM (#32747501)

I feel the visual eye-candy provided by delta far more appealing than what difft does. Also, delta is much more configurable and has nice binding for moving through hunks.

That's probably the only reason, otherwise, you are correct. I would want the context always.

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Re:Difftastic, the fantastic diff by WakiMiko on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @06:24AM (#32748784)

difftastic doesn't show whitespace or formatting changes

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