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I have this in my .gitconfig:

[pager] show = diff-highlight diff = diff-highlight

When I do git diff, thendiff-highlight is used for color highlighting.

How can I specify on the command line a different highlighter? I want to use diffr, without changing the default in .gitconfig.

I tried git difftool --tool=diffr but this does nit work, and it seems this is different from what I want.

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Set environment variable PAGER or GIT_PAGER for the command:

GIT_PAGER=diffr git diff

Or set the config value at the command line once:

git -c pager.diff=diffr diff

Upd. The following command creates an alias:

git config --global alias.diffr '!GIT_PAGER=diffr git diff'

The alias can be used with parameters:

git diffr HEAD~
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thank you. Can I use the environment variable GIT_PAGER inside an alias? For instance, I would like to create an alias git diffr, that would do what GIT_PAGER=diffr git diff does
@400theCat See the update about an alias.

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