Diff and Merge Tools

Discussions focus on recommendations and comparisons of various diff viewers and merge tools like difftastic, Meld, Delta, Sublime Merge, and others for improving git and version control workflows.

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h4ck_th3_pl4n3t Aug 27, 2024 View on HN

There is this amazing tool called difftastic. I've been using it for years with git and it works like a charm. [1] [2][1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27768861[2] https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic

keypusher Apr 9, 2012 View on HN

Use meld, or any one of the many other excellent visual diff viewers.

romanovcode Jun 9, 2014 View on HN

Still no built-in diff tool and conflict merger?

secondcoming Nov 9, 2024 View on HN

Have you tried p4merge? It's usually one of the first tools I install.

zokier Dec 12, 2024 View on HN

Things like difftastic work perfectly fine with githttps://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/

Nextgrid Dec 15, 2019 View on HN

Check out Sublime Merge, from the creators of Sublime Text: https://www.sublimemerge.com

Touche Aug 8, 2025 View on HN

I use lazygit for that. But any diff tool you like will work.

DreamFlasher Nov 28, 2021 View on HN

Again a tooling limitation. Use github or horizontal diffs.

square_usual Jul 28, 2020 View on HN

If you use git diffs frequently, I recommend setting up delta: https://github.com/dandavison/delta

t0astbread Aug 8, 2019 View on HN

Does a diffing tool maybe satisfy your requirements? I personally use Meld but there's lots of them out there.