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When comparing delta (diff) vs difftastic, the Slant community recommends delta (diff) for most people. In the question“What are the best diff tools for Git?” delta (diff) is ranked 16th while difftastic is ranked 18th.
Specs
LicenseMIT
PlatformsLinux, Windows, Mac
Side-by-side viewyes
Syntax Highlightingyes
LicenseMIT
PlatformsLinux, Mac, Windows
Side-by-side-viewyes
Syntax highlightingyes
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Pros
Pro Supports side-by-side view
Pro Word level differences
Pro Syntax highlighting
Pro Can diff directories
Pro Syntactic diffing
Down to a character.
Pro Cross platform
Linux, Mac and Windows.
Pro Supports over 20 languages (and some other syntax)
c, c++, c#, java, python, go, javascript, json, rust, sql, html, css and more.
See here.
Pro Language autodetection
Pro Has a manual
Pro Supports other version control tools
Like Mercurial.
Pro Works with Magit
Pro MIT license
Pro Has syntax highlighting
That can be turned off.
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