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A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, rg --json, and blame output

85 mentions on Hacker News by 58 people: 13 stories, 72 comments · first 2019-09-19 · latest 2026-11-01

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  1. …for me to see and understand the differences. [1] gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron [2] delta https://github.com/dandavison/delta
    comment by rmetzler · 2021-02-27 · in Graphtage: A semantic diff utility for JSON, HTML, YAML, CSV, etc
  2. I use delta as a diff tool: https://github.com/dandavison/delta It also offers contextual information as well as side-by-side diffs. For syntax highlighting, it uses the same as bat (the cat clone).
    comment by nikeee · 2020-10-19 · in Better Git diff output for Ruby, Python, Elixir, Go
  3. That's neat. I'll get it working with Delta ( https://github.com/dandavison/delta ), which makes diffs look much nicer.
    comment by d3nj4l · 2020-08-30 · in Better Git Diffs with FZF
  4. And I am working on implementing color-moved support https://github.com/dandavison/delta/issues/72
    comment by Myrmornis · 2020-07-29 · in Highlights from Git 2.28
  5. If you use git diffs frequently, I recommend setting up delta: https://github.com/dandavison/delta
    comment by square_usual · 2020-07-28 · in Highlights from Git 2.28
  6. …--pattern ^(commit|diff) " git log -p Delta[1] makes this convenient: delta --navigate. [1] https://github.com/dandavison/delta (Disclosure: I am the author of delta)
    comment by Myrmornis · 2020-07-27 · in Highlights from Git 2.28
  7. I myself have really enjoyed `delta` and the variety of configuration it has: https://github.com/dandavison/delta
    comment by erichdongubler · 2020-07-26 · in Colorize Your CLI
  8. …[bat]( https://github.com/sharkdp/bat ) du -> [ncdu]( https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu ) diff -> [delta]( https://github.com/dandavison/delta ) In combination with all of the above, [fzf]( https://github.com/junegunn/fzf ) suddenly becomes a…
    comment by IggleSniggle · 2020-07-26 · in Colorize Your CLI
  9. Looks like delta has an open issue: https://github.com/dandavison/delta/issues/86
    comment by jefftk · 2020-07-06 · in Icdiff: Side-by-side highlighted command line diffs
  10. …(Rather than visualising add/rm with the foreground, it's visualised with the background colour). https://github.com/dandavison/delta
    comment by rgoulter · 2020-07-06 · in Icdiff: Side-by-side highlighted command line diffs
  11. …is a similar tool with syntax highlighting for most programming languages and customizable themes: https://github.com/dandavison/delta It doesn't have side-by-side diffs, but it's still well worth having around. It's a Unix filter, so it…
    comment by NateEag · 2020-07-06 · in Icdiff: Side-by-side highlighted command line diffs
  12. …ever used. [0]: https://github.com/zdharma/zinit [1]: https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k [2]: https://github.com/dandavison/delta [3]: https://github.com/jarun/nnn
    comment by Seirdy · 2020-06-23 · in Favorite CLI Tools
  13. (delta author here) Line numbers have been added to delta in a contributed PR: https://github.com/dandavison/delta/pull/190 . It will merge soon and be in the next release. And we have an open issue for side-by-side view:…
    comment by Myrmornis · 2020-06-01 · in Show HN: `fzf` * `Git` done right
  14. …is fantastic (especially for Rust, but also Python. Those are the only ones I've tried so far.) https://github.com/dandavison/delta https://github.com/joaotavora/eglot
    comment by Myrmornis · 2020-05-15 · in Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
  15. …that could be made configurable. EDIT: In fact an issue was opened for this very recently: https://github.com/dandavison/delta/issues/130 Ideally, I think that a mouse click in an appropriate location in a terminal emulator window should…
    comment by Myrmornis · 2020-04-27 · in Show HN: A syntax highlighter for Git and diff output, written in Rust
  16. It does not, but it seems like a popular request: https://github.com/dandavison/delta/issues/40
    comment by lzybkr · 2020-04-27 · in Show HN: A syntax highlighter for Git and diff output, written in Rust
  17. …viewers) and optionally cleans up the raw diff output slightly to make it more human readable. [0] https://github.com/dandavison/delta [1] https://github.com/trishume/syntect [2] http://github.com/sharkdp/bat/
    comment by Myrmornis · 2020-04-27 · in Show HN: A syntax highlighter for Git and diff output, written in Rust
  18. …to Github, Gitlab and other diff viewers) and removes visual clutter from Git and diff output. [0] https://github.com/dandavison/delta [1] http://github.com/sharkdp/bat/
    comment by Myrmornis · 2020-03-04 · in Delta: A Syntax-Highlighter for Git
  19. …to Github, Gitlab and other diff viewers) and removes visual clutter from Git and diff output. [0] https://github.com/dandavison/delta [1] http://github.com/sharkdp/bat/
    comment by Myrmornis · 2020-02-12 · in Show HN: A syntax highlighter for Git and diff output, written in Rust
  20. I have tried one project so far: https://github.com/dandavison/delta
    comment by Myrmornis · 2020-01-21 · in What is Rust and why is it so popular?
  21. I would add https://github.com/drbig/snb https://github.com/dandavison/delta https://github.com/MitMaro/git-interactive-rebase-tool
    comment by floatboth · 2019-10-26 · in An Illustrated Guide to Useful Command Line Tools
  22. (shameless plug): https://github.com/dandavison/delta is a syntax-highlighting pager for git that adds syntax highlighting and within-line edit detection to all diffs displayed by git. I agree about `git log -p`. A good trick with that is…
    comment by Myrmornis · 2019-10-08 · in 99% of the Git commands you'll need at work, demonstrated in a single script