delta

How is it better or worse compared to https://github.com/dandavison/delta ?

Many diff tools, such as delta (https://github.com/dandavison/delta) and the ones built into VS Code and IDEs by JetBrains, can configured to highlight changes within each line (by word) and ignore changes to whitespace. Those features save me a lot of time when I review diffs that include indentation changes or variable renames.

What benefits does this have over https://github.com/dandavison/delta ?

Still waiting for Delta + Difftastic integration: https://github.com/dandavison/delta/issues/535

For that in particular, I use delta (<https://github.com/dandavison/delta>) with `side-by-side = true` enabled. I find I use both icdiff and delta side-by-side on a regular basis.

I was looking for a good TUI tool for diffs recently, but I'm not sure yet if what I want exists already (and I don't think this tool does it (yet?)). I've been moving my workflow out of VSCode as I'm using TUI-driven coding agents more often lately but one thing I miss from my VSCode/GitHub workflow is the ability to provide a comment on lines or ranges in a diff to provide targeted feedback to the agent. Most diff tools seem to be (rightfully) focused on cleanly visualizing changes and not necessarily iterating on the change. I admit I haven't looked super hard yet, I settled on configuring git to use delta [0] for now and I'm happy with it, but I'm curious if anyone has a workflow for reviewing/iterating on diffs in the terminal that they'd be willing to share. Also open to being told that I'm lightyears behind and that there's a bett

getting users to adopt a new tool with its own incantations is a tough sell. git supports specifying an external pager so folks can plug in alternatives (such as https://github.com/dandavison/delta) while still using the familiar git frontend

Looks neat! Any chance to integrate delta with it? https://github.com/dandavison/delta

You can clean up git diffs a lot, I personally find them easy to ready anyway, with tools like delta[1] which make things super nice to read. Also if you use a text editor such as neovim you can integrate these things into your editor and get beautiful diffs right there. That said I do not use neovim or delta, I just use git diffs or my language ide's diff features. [1]: https://github.com/dandavison/delta

> 3. I tried the usual diff tools. They diffed line by line and result was terrible. Um. I don't want to be That Guy (shouting at clouds, or at kids to get off my lawn or whatever) but ... what "usual diff" tools did you use? Because comparing two text files with minor edits is exactly what diff-related tools have excelled at for decades. There is word-level diff, for example. Was that not good enough? Or delta [0] perhaps? [0] https://github.com/dandavison/delta

Am I the only one who simply doesn't mind Git's CLI? Sure, it's rough around the edges, but I know those edges well. I sometimes do need to look up how to do something, but those cases are rare. Over the years I've accumulated about a dozen shell aliases and a modest `.gitconfig`, and along with a couple of helper tools[1][2], I can do 90% of what I need Git for in seconds. I truly don't need a fancy TUI, GUI, or any wrappers around Git. Git itself is fine. I tried Magit a few times, and even though Emacs is my main editor, I couldn't get used to it. It forces the user into doing things the "Magit way", and I'd rather not. I don't understand the push to replace Git's porcelain with something shinier. If, and when, a better VCS comes along that truly feels like the next step forward, I'll give it a try. In the meantime, Git does the job I

The "basics": Vim + PythonMode `python -m venv` for local environment separation Git + https://github.com/dandavison/delta for change management When I need a debugger or a Git GUI, VScode, but Zed is becoming more and more interesting. These support LLM interaction, but things like Claude Code fit better with the above list.

An alternative tool that also improves git diff functionality is Delta: https://github.com/dandavison/delta (personally I think Difftastic's treesitter based approach is superior to Delta, yet I always appreciate it when people link alternatives when discussing apps so thought I'd add this for completeness' sake)

You can also do that with delta (https://github.com/dandavison/delta), with additional options that you can put on your .gitconfig