diff_highlight

DiffHighlight

(C) John Mair (banisterfiend)

Applies syntax highlighting to a git diff. Use as follows:

git diff | diff_highlight | less

Output:

Features

• Makes its best guess at the language appearing in the diff and uses appropriate highlighter
• Supports Ruby, Javascript, C, YAML, Rakefiles, CSS, HTML, etc
• Supports multiple languages in the same diff
• Supports streaming input and output

How to use

This gem provides the diff_highlight executable. Just install the gem and the executable should be available :) Use as follows: git diff | diff_highlight | less

Or setup a git alias:

In ~/.gitconfig:

[alias]
    diffc="!f() { git diff $@ | diff_highlight | less; }; f"

And use like so:

git diffc HEAD~2

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.