delta
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How HN took it
7 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Design: 2 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks great and a big step up from diff-so-fancy
From 1 comment
Just installed it, it looks great and is a big step up from diff-so-fancy. Thanks for making this!
nitsky on HN
Light theme looks beautiful
From 1 comment
The light theme looks beautiful, thanks!
loevborg on HN
Makes daily code reviews much better
From 1 comment
Stuff like that makes my daily code reviews so so SO much better! I can't thank you enough!
axegon_ on HN
Objections
Dark theme example has unreadable blue colors
From 1 comment
FYI that dark theme example has unreadable blue for me in looking at it with night shift on. I'd suggest swapping out for a better theme.
xixixao on HN
Lacks line numbers on every line, unlike GitHub
From 1 comment
This might be just me but looking at the screenshots, I clearly prefer the GitHub one as it shows the line numbers of every line in both before and after. Line numbers make…
kccqzy on HN
Config examples failed due to theme names and quoting
From 2 comments
As a suggestion, I'd have the configuration step in 'Configure git to use delta' not reference a theme that doesn't come with the initial install as you've done with…
bdefore on HNAnyone else getting this issue? ``` ⟩ git diff error: Found argument 'Extended' which wasn't expected, or isn't valid in this context USAGE: delta --dark --minus-color…
willbw on HN
Requests
Side-by-side diff view
From 1 comment
Is there a way to see diff output side-by-side? I personally find that much easier to parse through with a widescreen monitor.
ninjaranter on HN
Support for git add -p
From 1 comment
Does it work properly with `git add -p`? That's a longstanding issue of diff-so-fancy: https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy/issues/35
frou_dh on HN
Line numbers on every line
From 1 comment
This might be just me but looking at the screenshots, I clearly prefer the GitHub one as it shows the line numbers of every line in both before and after. Line numbers make…
kccqzy on HN
Questions
How to get working with vim-fugitive
From 1 comment
Anyone know how to get this working with vim-fugitive? https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive
firloop on HN
Good plus-color for solarized-dark terminals
From 1 comment
Can anybody suggest a --plus-color that looks nice on a solarized-dark blue terminal?
j88439h84 on HN
Alternatives named
diff-highlight
From 1 comment
This is neat. In a similar fashion I'm a big fan of diff-highlight, [0] which post-processes the git diff and highlights with color the differing segments. It's super lightweight…
apas on HN
diff-so-fancy
From 1 comment
Does it work properly with `git add -p`? That's a longstanding issue of diff-so-fancy: https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy/issues/35
frou_dh on HN
diffr
From 1 comment
Sort of related: as I never made diff-highlight work correctly on Windows, I wrote diffr[0] which goes a little bit behond what diff-highlight does. [0]:…
mookid11 on HN
icdiff
From 1 comment
icdiff is my current favorite. This does look nice, though I'm a little confused by the choice to highlight the section below the function declaration change even though it…
eximius on HN
colordiff
From 1 comment
A comparison to http://www.colordiff.org/ would be good in the table of the README.
Klasiaster on HN