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author | Dan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com> | 2020-12-24 11:01:42 +0000 |
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committer | Dan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com> | 2020-12-24 11:01:42 +0000 |
commit | 2bbf1891a6ef4965aed6a063b9ff97308abbd10b (patch) | |
tree | 632ca04540dddbdb61a5257e959a061a7a4123d0 | |
parent | 59dae1f6f2adf61ce14a9a32b82d7f1fe876e095 (diff) |
Note that MacOS binaries do not work on older OS versions
Fixes #462
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@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ In addition, delta handles traditional unified diff output. ## Installation -You can download an executable for your system: [Linux](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.4.5/delta-0.4.5-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) | [MacOS](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.4.5/delta-0.4.5-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz) | [Windows](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.4.5/delta-0.4.5-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip) | [All](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases) +You can download an executable for your system: [Linux](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.4.5/delta-0.4.5-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz) | [MacOS (recent versions)](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.4.5/delta-0.4.5-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz) | [Windows](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.4.5/delta-0.4.5-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip) | [All](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases) Alternatively, delta is available in the following package managers: @@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ Alternatively, delta is available in the following package managers: </tr> </table> +Users of older MacOS versions (e.g. 10.11 El Capitan) should install using Homebrew, Cargo, or MacPorts: the binaries on the release page will not work. + See [repology.org/git-delta](https://repology.org/project/git-delta/versions) for the current version in each package repository. Behind the scenes, delta uses `less` for paging. The version of `less` that comes with your operating system may be too old (currently, less v551 is a good choice). On MacOS, install `less` from Homebrew. For Windows, see [Using Delta on Windows](#using-delta-on-windows). |