DIFF-SO-FANCY(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation DIFF-SO-FANCY(1) NAME diff-so-fancy makes your diffs human readable instead of machine readable. This helps improve code quality and helps you spot defects faster. USAGE Git Configure git to use "diff-so-fancy" for all diff output: git config --global core.pager "diff-so-fancy | less --tabs=4 -RF" git config --global interactive.diffFilter "diff-so-fancy --patch" Diff Use "-u" with diff for unified output, and pipe the output to "diff-so-fancy": diff -u file_a file_b | diff-so-fancy We also support recursive mode with "-r" or "--recursive" diff --recursive -u /path/folder_a /path/folder_b | diff-so-fancy OPTIONS markEmptyLines: Colorize the first block of an empty line. (Default: true) git config --bool --global diff-so-fancy.markEmptyLines false changeHunkIndicators: Simplify Git header chunks to a human readable for- mat. (Default: true) git config --bool --global diff-so-fancy.changeHunkIndicators false stripLeadingSymbols: Should the + or - symbols at line-start be removed. (Default: true) git config --bool --global diff-so-fancy.stripLeadingSymbols false useUnicodeRuler: By default, the separator for the file header uses Unicode line-drawing characters. If this is causing output errors on your terminal, set this to false to use ASCII characters instead. (Default: true) git config --bool --global diff-so-fancy.useUnicodeRuler false rulerWidth: By default, the separator for the file header spans the full width of the terminal. Use rulerWidth to set the width of the file header manually. git config --global diff-so-fancy.rulerWidth 80 HOMEPAGE - https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy SEE ALSO Delta - https://github.com/dandavison/delta Lazygit with diff-so-fancy integration - https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/blob/master/docs/Cus- tom_Pagers.md#diff-so-fancy # vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 noexpandtab autoindent softtabstop=4 perl v5.40.2 2026-03-18 DIFF-SO-FANCY(1)
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