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Install
colordiff
using Homebrew:brew install colordiff
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Add function to your
~/.bash_profile
:cat <<EOF >>~/.bash_profile function diff { colordiff -u "$@" | less -RF } EOF
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Change default output colours to match git:
cat <<EOF >~/.colordiffrc newtext=green oldtext=red diffstuff=cyan EOF
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Reload:
. ~/.bash_profile
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Profit.
Notes on switches:
-u
indiff
means: unified diff-R
inless
means: show raw escape codes (so we can see the colour)-F
inless
means: quit if entire output fits on one screen
@LeviSchuck:
git diff
does work on files outside a repo. Output ofgit diff
when run with no arguments:When path values are specified, the command diffs the files as expected.