If I execute git diff I see the whole line in red color.
Is there a way to highlight the change in the line?
I often have a diff where just a single line got changed.
Highlighting the change in the line would make git diff more convenient for me.
git version 2.32.0
This should work on the command-line (no GUI).
--word-diff option for git diffFor example, git diff --word-diff=color:
and git diff --word-diff=plain:
There's also --word-diff-regex=<regex>
See git help diff for more info.
--word-diff-regex=., which is sometimes clearer (when changs that qualifiy as a "word" get noticeably longer than the "levels" change above, that's clear enough as-is).
--word-diff=color --word-diff-regex=. allowed me to find a very small change in a very long line in a large merge.If you're willing to use an extra tool, delta is a word-level diff highlighter that does detection of multiple changes in a single line — and also does syntax highlighting (i.e., like GitHub diffs).
If you don’t want syntax highlighting in your diffs, you may also like diff-so-fancy — a great tool I used for years (but which unlike delta, can’t do detection of multiple changes in a single line).
Use colordiff tool colordiff so you can use with the git diff to see all minor changes with color
yum install colordiff # enter yout git repository git diff --word-diff=color for example in my directory the tool output the image below
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colordiff is useful for non-Git usage, the command git diff --word-diff=color operates just with Git’s own resources, it does not use colordiff.