From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:12:59 GMT
Subject: Re: Adding color to git diff output.
Message-ID: <7virpf4sg4.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
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sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> writes:

> Linus posted a colorize program a while back[1] but it wasn't taken into git.  
> The patch below takes a different approach, adding a GIT_DIFF_PAGER variable.
> You can use it by assigning a filter to the environment variable, like so:
>
> export GIT_DIFF_PAGER="colordiff | less -RS"

Sounds like a nice idea, even maybe suitable in a FAQ.
Unfortunately colordiff does not seem to grok diff --cc output,
but that is fine ;-).