Re:Show HN: Deff – side-by-side Git diff review in your term...
by flamestro on Thursday February 26, 2026 @04:14PM
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So I tested this on huge files (checking cargo lock for instance) and it is super fast in the navigation of those. Until now I did not encounter any issue with bigger files (around 4k-6k changes but also only 4k-6k lines).
Re:Show HN: Deff – side-by-side Git diff review in your term...
by rileymichael on Thursday February 26, 2026 @03:36PM
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delta supports split view: https://dandavison.github.io/delta/side-by-side-view.html
What nobody's mentioned yet is difftastic. Takes a completely different approach - parses syntax trees instead of lines, so indentation changes and bracket shuffles don't show up as noise. Worth a look if you're comparing options.
Main question I'd have: how does it hold up on large files? 5k+ line diffs are where most of these tools either choke or produce unreadable output. That'd be the test I'd run first.