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## A syntax-highlighting pager for git

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      delta --dark (default)
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      delta --light
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## Installation

Executables: [Linux](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.0.5/delta-0.0.5-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz) | [MacOS](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.0.5/delta-0.0.5-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz) | [Windows](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.0.5/delta-0.0.5-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip)

Homebrew:
```sh
brew tap dandavison/delta https://github.com/dandavison/delta
brew install dandavison/delta/git-delta
```

All available executables: https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases

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## Configure git to use delta

```sh
git config --global core.pager "delta --dark"  # --light for light terminal backgrounds
```

Alternatively, you can edit your `.gitconfig` directly. An example is
```
[core]
    pager = delta --plus-color="#012800" --minus-color="#340001" --theme="base16-ocean.dark"
```

All git commands that display diff output should now display syntax-highlighted output. For example:
  - `git diff`
  - `git show`
  - `git log -p`
  - `git stash show -p`


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## Usage
```
USAGE:
    delta [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]

FLAGS:
        --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
        --highlight-removed    Apply syntax highlighting to removed lines. The default is to apply syntax highlighting
                               to unchanged and new lines only.
        --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.
        --show-colors          Show the command-line arguments for the current colors.
    -V, --version              Prints version information

OPTIONS:
        --commit-style <commit_style>
            Formatting style for commit section of git output. Options are: plain, box. [default: plain]

        --file-style <file_style>
            Formatting style for file section of git output. Options are: plain, box, underline. [default: underline]

        --hunk-style <hunk_style>
            Formatting style for hunk section of git output. Options are: plain, box. [default: box]

        --minus-color <minus_color>              The background color (RGB hex) to use for removed lines.
        --minus-emph-color <minus_emph_color>
            The background color (RGB hex) to use for emphasized sections of removed lines.

        --plus-color <plus_color>                The background color (RGB hex) to use for added lines.
        --plus-emph-color <plus_emph_color>
            The background color (RGB hex) to use for emphasized sections of added lines.

        --theme <theme>                          The syntax highlighting theme to use.
    -w, --width <width>
            The width (in characters) of the background color highlighting. By default, the width is the current
            terminal width. Use --width=variable to apply background colors to the end of each line, without right
            padding to equal width.
```

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## 24 bit color

  delta works best if your terminal application supports 24 bit colors. See https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728. For example, on macos, iTerm2 works but Terminal.app does not.

  If you're using tmux, it's worth checking that 24 bit color is  working correctly. For example, run a color test script like [this  one](https://gist.githubusercontent.com/lifepillar/09a44b8cf0f9397465614e622979107f/raw/24-bit-color.sh),  or the others listed at https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728. If  you do not see smooth color gradients, see the discussion at  [tmux#696](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/issues/696). The short  version is you need something like this in your `~/.tmux.conf`:
  ```
  set -ga terminal-overrides ",xterm-256color:Tc"
  ```
  and you may then  need to quit tmux completely for it to take effect.

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## Credit
  https://github.com/trishume/syntect<br>
  https://github.com/sharkdp/bat<br>
  https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy