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Two-column web-based git difftool

Project description

webdiff displays side-by-side two-column diffs in the web browser.

It supports syntax highlighting, eliding & expansion of common lines and multi-file diffs.

It integrates with git.

Install via:

pip install webdiff

Then run via one of these:

git webdiff

git webdiff <arguments>

webdiff <left_dir> <right_dir>

webdiff https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123

webdiff #123

See https://github.com/danvk/webdiff/ for more information.

Release Notes
- 0.10
* Added perceptual diffs via ImageMagick
* Add a favicon

- 0.9
* Long lines now wrap instead of scrolling horizontally.
* Only 10+ common lines will be elided (no more "Show 2 more lines").
* Show bounding boxes for the changed region in image diffs.

- 0.8
* New image diff modes: onion skin, swipe
* Shrink to fit for image diffs
* More aggressive syntax highlighting (makes a guess based on file contents)
* Refresh no longer kills the webdiff server (useful if file changes on disk)
* Renames/moves are displayed more compactly (ala GitHub)

- 0.7
* Support for file vs. file diffs (i.e. webdiff as a replacement for diff)
* List of files instead of dropdown for small diffs
* Display resolution and file size for images
* Conversion to ReactJS

- 0.6
* Support for image diffs
* Basic move/rename detection
* Bug fixes

- 0.5
* Switched from jsdifflib to codediff.js, which provides syntax highlighting.
* Make better use of narrow browser windows
* Detect (and suppress) binary diffs

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