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Unified versus Split Diff | Oct 2023

I agree that the patience diff algorithm generally produces better results, but you don’t need the patdiff tool for that. You can configure Git’s own diffs to use patience: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config...

I see that patdiff also provides word-level diffing. You could instead get that feature with `git diff --word-diff` or Delta (https://github.com/dandavison/delta).

Unified versus Split Diff | Oct 2023

Semi-related, I recently discovered https://github.com/dandavison/delta: A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output

It appears to enable choosing between unified and split views for each of those tools.

Ask HN: What's a new developer tool you recently started using? | Oct 2023

Some new diff tool https://github.com/dandavison/delta I just wanted to do a diff inside a bash script and ask the user if it looked ok, found this one.

DevToys – A Swiss army knife for developers | Aug 2023

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https://github.com/dandavison/delta

Pijul: Version-Control Post-Git [video] | Aug 2023

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Thanks for replying.

I already use delta[1] as a diff viewer, but I suppose GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF is a deeper integration than just a pager. I've been aware of your project for some time now, but haven't played around with it since I wasn't sure if it would help with automatic conflict resolution, and other issues Git often struggles with. But I'll give it a try soon, thanks again.

I wasn't familiar with Unison. It looks interesting. We definitely need more novel approaches to programming, especially since our field will radically change in a few years as AI becomes more capable.

[1]: https://github.com/dandavison/delta

Magit | Jun 2023

I'm surely in the minority here. I've been using Emacs for almost a decade now, but I just can't get into the Magit workflow. I've tried several times, but always end up going back to Git on the command line. I have dozens of aliases, shell integrations, a nice diff viewer[1], etc., and interacting with Git has become muscle memory. I can commit, cherry-pick, rebase, bisect, fix conflicts, etc., in a fraction of the time it would take me to navigate Magit's UI. I'm sure with enough practice, a Magit user could do this more quickly and efficiently, but honestly, with some custom-built porcelain, Git's UI is not so bad. Though this could very well be Stockholm syndrome after using it for such a long time...

For whatever reason, Magit's opinionated workflows never clicked with me. A part of it is the concern that it will do something weird to my repo that I'll then have to waste more time undoing manually. I usually don't trust sugary wrappers around tools. And another is the fact I don't use Emacs on all machines, and setting up Git on a remote system is just a matter of copying over my config and some shell integrations.

Also, on a more personal note, I find the cultish fanboyism whenever Magit is brought up slightly offputting. Does anyone have anything bad to say about it? No software can realistically be this infallible. :)

[1]: https://github.com/dandavison/delta