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authorDan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com>2019-06-30 16:29:03 -0400
committerDan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com>2019-06-30 16:33:07 -0400
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@@ -16,22 +16,21 @@ USAGE:
delta [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]
FLAGS:
- --dark Use diff highlighting colors appropriate for a dark terminal background.
+ --compare-themes Compare available syntax highlighting themes. To use this option, supply git diff output to
+ delta on standard input. For example: `git show --color=always | delta --compare-themes`.
+ --dark Use colors appropriate for a dark terminal background. For more control, see --theme,
+ --plus-color, and --minus-color.
-h, --help Prints help information
- --light Use diff highlighting colors appropriate for a light terminal background. This is the
- default.
+ --light Use colors appropriate for a light terminal background. For more control, see --theme,
+ --plus-color, and --minus-color.
--list-languages List supported languages and associated file extensions.
--list-themes List available syntax highlighting themes.
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
- --minus-color <minus_color> The background color (RGB hex) to use for removed lines. The default is "#ffd0d0"
- if you are using --light, and "#3f0001" if you are using --dark.
- --plus-color <plus_color> The background color (RGB hex) to use for added lines. The default is "#d0ffd0"
- if you are using --light, and "#013B01" if you are using --dark.
- --theme <theme> The syntax highlighting theme to use. Options are Light: ("InspiredGitHub",
- "Solarized (light)", "base16-ocean.light"), Dark: ("Solarized, (dark)", "base16-
- eighties.dark", "base16-mocha.dark", "base16-ocean.dark").
+ --minus-color <minus_color> The background color (RGB hex) to use for removed lines.
+ --plus-color <plus_color> The background color (RGB hex) to use for added lines.
+ --theme <theme> The syntax highlighting theme to use.
-w, --width <width> The width (in characters) of the diff highlighting. By default, the highlighting
extends to the last character on each line.
```