diff-so-fancy to compare files not under git version control

Question

I really like the character-level highlighting of diff-so-fancy.

How can I use it to compare files without using git?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '17 at 13:50

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If what you want is to compare files that are not under git, you can simply use git diff --color file1 file2 | diff-so-fancy.

If both files are in the same git repository, you'll need to use git diff --no-index --color file1 file2 | diff-so-fancy.

answered Feb 23 '17 at 13:50

user2313067

Is there one command that will work in any circumstance? – Tom Hale Feb 23 '17 at 15:13
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The second one will work in any case. – user2313067 Feb 23 '17 at 15:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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From this issue it seems diff-so-fancy currently requires git-formatted input to achieve correctly coloured output.

As a work-around:

dsf() { git diff --no-index --color "$@" | diff-so-fancy }

Thanks to this answer for pointing me in the right direction.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community

answered Feb 24 '17 at 08:38

Tom Hale

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