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Use diff-highlight instead the default diff for git if available
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| # Git pager script for using diff-highlight | |
| # Path to the diff-highlight script | |
| DIFF_HIGHLIGHT="/usr/share/doc/git/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight" | |
| # Check if diff-highlight is available and executable | |
| if [ -f "$DIFF_HIGHLIGHT" ]; then | |
| # Use diff-highlight in the pipeline | |
| perl "$DIFF_HIGHLIGHT" | less -r | |
| else | |
| # Fallback to regular less if diff-highlight is not available | |
| less -r | |
| fi |
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Use like this in your ~/.gitconfig