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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
       format. (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/Custom_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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