diff-so-fancy

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# \ud83c\udfa9 diff-so-fancy  [![Circle CI build](https://circleci.com/gh/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy.svg?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy) [![AppVeyor build](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy?branch=master\u0026svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/stevemao/diff-so-fancy/branch/master)\n\n`diff-so-fancy` makes your diffs **human-readable** instead of machine-readable. This helps improve code quality and helps you spot defects faster.\n\n## \ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f Screenshot\n\nVanilla `git diff` vs `git` and `diff-so-fancy`\n\n![diff-highlight vs diff-so-fancy](docs/diff-so-fancy.png)\n\n## \ud83d\udce6 Install\n\nSimply copy the `diff-so-fancy` script from the latest [Github release](https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy/releases) into your `$PATH` and you\u0027re done. Alternately to test development features you can clone this repo and then put the `diff-so-fancy` script (symlink will work) into your `$PATH`. The `lib/` directory will need to be kept relative to the core script.\n\n`diff-so-fancy` is also available from the [NPM registry](https://www.npmjs.com/package/diff-so-fancy), [brew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/diff-so-fancy), [Fedora](https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/diff-so-fancy/diff-so-fancy/), in the [Arch extra repo](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/diff-so-fancy/), and as [ppa:aos for Debian/Ubuntu Linux](https://github.com/aos/dsf-debian).\n\nIssues relating to packaging (\"installation does not work\", \"version is out of date\", etc.) should be directed to those packages\u0027 repositories/issue trackers where applicable.\n\n## \u2728 Usage\n\n### Git\n\nConfigure git to use `diff-so-fancy` for all diff output:\n\n```shell\ngit config --global core.pager \"diff-so-fancy | less --tabs=4 -RF\"\ngit config --global interactive.diffFilter \"diff-so-fancy --patch\"\n```\n\n### Diff\n\nUse `-u` with `diff` for unified output, and pipe the output to `diff-so-fancy`:\n\n```shell\ndiff -u file_a file_b | diff-so-fancy\n```\n\nWe also support recursive mode with `-r` or",
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