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Describes how to set up diff-so-fancy

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diff-so-fancy-setup.markdown

Install diff-so-fancy via their website (or just run npm install -g diff-so-fancy)
Add the following to your .gitconfig file:

[core]
  pager = diff-so-fancy | less --tabs=1,5 -R

I find that these colors work best with it, but it's up to you if you want to add them to your .gitconfig or not.

[color "diff"]
  meta = "yellow bold"
  commit = "green bold"
  frag = "magenta bold"
  old = "red bold"
  new = "green bold"
  whitespace = "red reverse"
[color "diff-highlight"]
  oldNormal = "red bold"
  oldHighlight = "red bold 52"
  newNormal = "green bold"
  newHighlight = "green bold 22"

MurphysChaos commented Feb 28, 2019

Those are colors for ANSI 256 (the 8-bit color version of ANSI escape codes). 22 is a dark green and 52 is a dark red. If you're curious, you can learn more here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#8-bit