Post #1794774
2026-04-29 15:17 UTC
Why did I not know about difftastic? Everyone is banging on about delta, when this absolute delight of a structurally aware diff tool exists.
https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk
Replies (5)
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@Girgias@phpc.social 2026-04-29 15:22
@tastapod truly a game changer, although it seems to sometimes struggle with XML for some reason
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@maunzCache@ruhr.social 2026-04-29 16:11
@tastapod For git you may find mergiraf useful. It has the very same approach https://codeberg.org/mergiraf/mergiraf
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@cczona@hachyderm.io 2026-04-29 16:20
@tastapod wow, the demo really sells well how useful this is
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@glenjamin@hachyderm.io 2026-04-30 17:53
@tastapod IME it’s been inconsistent in practice so I remain on delta by default with an alias to swap to difft when I remember or think it’ll do better
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@data0@indieweb.social 2026-04-30 21:46
@tastapod the author is here on the fedi too, give him a follow :-) @wilfredh