git-idiff 0.0.1

An interactive curses tool for viewing git diffs that span multiple files.

git-idiff

An interactive curses tool for viewing git diffs that span multiple files.

Usage

Run git-idiff in a git directory to get an interactive view of the current git diff.

Using Diff Arguments

git-idiff takes any arguments recognized by the git diff command and will use them when displaying output.

Using:

git-idiff HEAD~2 -R -U5

will display the same output that git diff displays, but in an interactive view.

Keys

Key	Description
Arrow keys	Scroll diff contents
Page up/down	Scroll diff contents one page up/down
Home/end	Scroll to start/end of diff contents
n	Select next file
p	Select previous file
f	Toggle filelist pane
?	Show help menu
q	Quit

git-idiff also supports mouse control.

Mouse Action	Description
Scroll (on diff pane)	Scroll diff contents

Actions when the mouse is in the filelist pane:

Mouse Action	Description
Click	Select file clicked
Scroll	Select previous/next file
Drag (on filelist pane border)	Resize filelist pane

Filelist Pane

The filelist pane shows all files in the git diff.

Each entry begins with the file's status, number of insertions, and number of deletions, followed by the filename.

If a filename is too long, it will be truncated to fit the pane and prefixed with ##.

The filelist pane can be resized by dragging the filelist pane border with the mouse.