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Visual Studio Code as Diff Tool

Comparing files using the command line Using Visual Studio Code

"%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\code.exe" --diff file1.cs file2.cs

Using Visual Studio Code Insiders

"%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\Code - Insiders.exe" --diff file1.cs file2.cs

Using Visual Studio Code as a git difftool

git difftool is a Git command that allows you to compare and edit files between revisions using common diff tools. You can use any editor that support diff such as VS Code. Open a command prompt and use the following commands:

git config --global diff.tool vscode
git config --global difftool.vscode.cmd "code --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE"

By the way, you can also use Visual Studio Code as your git editor:

git config --global core.editor "code --wait"

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