tldr/pages/common/delta.md

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delta

A viewer for Git and diff output. More information: https://github.com/dandavison/delta.

  • Compare files or directories:

delta {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}

  • Compare files or directories, showing the line numbers:

delta --line-numbers {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}

  • Compare files or directories, showing the differences side by side:

delta --side-by-side {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}

  • Compare files or directories, ignoring any Git configuration settings:

delta --no-gitconfig {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}

  • Compare, rendering commit hashes, file names, and line numbers as hyperlinks, according to the hyperlink spec for terminal emulators:

delta --hyperlinks {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}

  • Display the current settings:

delta --show-config

  • Display supported languages and associated file extensions:

delta --list-languages