dandavison/delta
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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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…recently picked up delta [0] for quicker diffing in the terminal. Now I can have both easily. [0]: https://github.com/dandavison/delta
comment by sixstringtheory · 2021-09-26 · in Code Review from the Command Line -
…command line. It pretty much replicates GitHub's diff rendering, and is quite configurable. [1]: https://github.com/dandavison/delta
comment by imiric · 2021-08-01 · in New in Git: switch and restore -
Thanks, this is good advice. There are some super featureful diff tools out there. For example, https://github.com/dandavison/delta does a line-based diff but it also syntax highlights its output. I'm hoping that defining syntax in a…
comment by Wilfred · 2021-07-08 · in Difftastic: Syntax-aware structured diff tool -
See also delta for diffing (and as a drop-in replacement for git diff) and exa for ls. https://github.com/dandavison/delta https://github.com/ogham/exa
comment by kibwen · 2021-06-14 · in Ripgrep 13.0 -
I've been using delta: https://github.com/dandavison/delta It can be easily set up...
comment by nishparadox · 2021-05-02 · in Show HN: GitHub style split diffs in your terminal -
Yes! This is my number one thing as well. Let me dig up the tickets... Edit: https://github.com/dandavison/delta/issues/493#issuecomment-...
comment by kbd · 2021-05-01 · in Show HN: GitHub style split diffs in your terminal -
I already use delta for this: https://github.com/dandavison/delta I thought delta was fairly well-known by now so I was surprised to see this project not mention it (the readme already has a section for that). I wonder what they've chosen…
comment by kbd · 2021-05-01 · in Show HN: GitHub style split diffs in your terminal -
…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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
…--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 -
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 -
…[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 -
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 -
…(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 -
…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 -
…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 -
(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 -
…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? -
…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 -
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 -
…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 -
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Show HN: A syntax highlighter for Git and diff output, written in Ruststory by Myrmornis · 2020-04-27 · 40 comments
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…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 -
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Delta: A Syntax-Highlighter for Gitstory by Myrmornis · 2020-03-04 · 1 comment
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…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 -
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Show HN: A syntax highlighter for Git and diff output, written in Ruststory by Myrmornis · 2020-02-12 · 4 comments
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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? -
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Delta – a syntax highlighting pager for Gitstory by joshka · 2019-11-06 · 0 comments
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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 -
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Show HN: A syntax-highlighting diff viewer for Git, written in Ruststory by Myrmornis · 2019-10-10 · 0 comments
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(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 -
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Show HN: A syntax-highlighting pager for Gitstory by Myrmornis · 2019-09-19 · 0 comments