git-split-diffs

git-split-diffs is a very cool diff tool.

Get the the most powerful syntax highlighting git-diff in your terminal. It is GitHub style, with split view (side by side).

npm install -g git-split-diffs

git config --global core.pager "git-split-diffs --color | less -RFX"

Enable scrolling in the terminal:

git config --global core.pager "git-split-diffs --color | less -+LFX"

Narrow terminals:

Split diffs can be hard to read on narrow terminals, so we revert to unified diffs if we cannot fit two lines of min-line-width on screen. This value is configurable:

git config --global split-diffs.min-line-width 40

This defaults to 80, so screens below 160 characters will display unified diffs. Set it to 0 to always show split diffs.