A more convenient diff
Diff is a very useful tool. But it is not so easy to read for us, simple mortal.
This is why, when you use git
it will use a better formatting and colorize it.
Here is the script I use when I want to use human readable diff
à la git.
#!/usr/bin/env zsh # Load colors helpers autoload -U colors && colors function colorize_diff { while read line; do case ${line[0]} in +) print -n $fg[green];; -) print -n $fg[red];; @) # Display in cyan the @@ positions @@ if [[ ${line[1]} = '@' ]]; then line=$(print $line | perl -pe 's#(\@\@[^\@]*\@\@)(.*)$#'$fg[cyan]'$1'$reset_color'$2#') fi;; esac print -- $line print -n $reset_color done } diff -u $* | colorize_diff
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Created: 08/17/2011
Modified: 08/17/2011