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<p align="center"> <img width=400px src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/147996902-9829bd3f-cd33-466e-833e-49a6f3ebd623.png" alt="image" /> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://github.com/dandavison/delta/actions"> <img src="https://github.com/dandavison/delta/workflows/Continuous%20Integration/badge.svg" alt="CI"> </a> <a href="https://coveralls.io/github/dandavison/delta?branch=main"> <img src="https://coveralls.io/repos/github/dandavison/delta/badge.svg?branch=main" alt="Coverage Status"> </a> <a href="https://gitter.im/dandavison-delta/community?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge"> <img src="https://badges.gitter.im/dandavison-delta/community.svg" alt="Gitter"> </a> </p>Get Started
Install it (the package is called "git-delta" in most package managers, but the executable is just delta) and add this to your ~/.gitconfig:
[core]
pager = delta
[interactive]
diffFilter = delta --color-only
[delta]
navigate = true # use n and N to move between diff sections
# delta detects terminal colors automatically; set one of these to disable auto-detection
# dark = true
# light = true
[merge]
conflictstyle = diff3
[diff]
colorMoved = default
Delta has many features and is very customizable; please see the user manual.
Features
- Language syntax highlighting with the same syntax-highlighting themes as bat
- Word-level diff highlighting using a Levenshtein edit inference algorithm
- Side-by-side view with line-wrapping
- Line numbering
nandNkeybindings to move between files in large diffs, and between diffs inlog -pviews (--navigate)- Improved merge conflict display
- Improved
git blamedisplay (syntax highlighting;--hyperlinksformats commits as links to hosting provider etc. Supported hosting providers are: GitHub, GitLab, SourceHut, Codeberg) - Syntax-highlights grep output from
rg,git grep,grep, etc - Support for Git's
--color-movedfeature. - Code can be copied directly from the diff (
-/+markers are removed by default). diff-highlightanddiff-so-fancyemulation modes- Commit hashes can be formatted as terminal hyperlinks to the hosting provider page (
--hyperlinks). File paths can also be formatted as hyperlinks for opening in your OS. - Stylable box/line decorations to draw attention to commit, file and hunk header sections.
- Style strings (foreground color, background color, font attributes) are supported for >20 stylable elements, using the same color/style language as git
- Handles traditional unified diff output in addition to git output
- Automatic detection of light/dark terminal background
A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output
Code evolves, and we all spend time studying diffs. Delta aims to make this both efficient and enjoyable: it allows you to make extensive changes to the layout and styling of diffs, as well as allowing you to stay arbitrarily close to the default git/diff output.
<table> <tr> <td> <img width=400px src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/86275526-76792100-bba1-11ea-9e78-6be9baa80b29.png" alt="image" /> <br> <sub>delta with <code>line-numbers</code> activated</sub> </td> </tr> </table> <table> <tr> <td> <img width=800px src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/87230973-412eb900-c381-11ea-8aec-cc200290bd1b.png" alt="image" /> <br> <sub>delta with <code>side-by-side</code> and <code>line-numbers</code> activated</sub> </td> </tr> </table>Here's what git show can look like with git configured to use delta:
Syntax-highlighting themes
All the syntax-highlighting color themes that are available with bat are available with delta:
<br> <table> <tr> <td> <img width=400px style="border: 1px solid black" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/149431273-e3ad049d-771e-4186-869d-0e57967958a6.png" alt="image" /> </td> <td> <img width=400px style="border: 1px solid black" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/149431419-48836001-2afc-4fd0-97ad-561a69b71db7.png" alt="image" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <code>delta --show-syntax-themes --dark</code> </td> <td> <code>delta --show-syntax-themes --light</code> </td> </tr> </table> <br>Side-by-side view
[delta]
side-by-side = true
By default, side-by-side view has line-numbers activated, and has syntax highlighting in both the left and right panels: [config]
<table><tr><td><img width=800px src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/87230973-412eb900-c381-11ea-8aec-cc200290bd1b.png" alt="image" /></td></tr></table>Side-by-side view wraps long lines automatically:
<table><tr><td><img width=600px src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/139064537-f8479504-16d3-429a-b4f6-d0122438adaa.png" alt="image" /></td></tr></table>Line numbers
[delta]
line-numbers = true
Merge conflicts
<table><tr><td><img width=500px src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/144783121-bb549100-69d8-41b8-ac62-1704f1f7b43e.png" alt="image" /></td></tr></table>Git blame
<table><tr><td><img width=600px src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/141891376-1fdb87dc-1d9c-4ad6-9d72-eeb19a8aeb0b.png" alt="image" /></td></tr></table>Ripgrep, git grep
<table><tr><td> <img width="600px" alt="image" src="https://github.com/dandavison/open-in-editor/assets/52205/d203d380-5acb-4296-aeb9-e38c73d6c27f"> </td></tr></table>Installation and usage
Please see the user manual and delta --help.