dandavison/magit-delta

Use delta (https://github.com/dandavison/delta) when viewing diffs in Magit

Source code at GitHub https://github.com/dandavison/magit-delta

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This Emacs package provides a minor mode which configures Magit to use delta when displaying diffs.

Install delta.
Install magit-delta from MELPA.

Use M-x magit-delta-mode to toggle between using delta, and normal magit behavior. To activate it automatically:

(add-hook 'magit-mode-hook (lambda () (magit-delta-mode +1)))

Or with use-package

(use-package magit-delta
  :hook (magit-mode . magit-delta-mode))

If you run emacs as a terminal application (emacs -nw) and colors are not being rendered correctly, then follow the instructions here: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/Colors-on-a-TTY.html.

dandavison/magit-delta

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