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wezterm
A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust
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jj
Discontinued A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful [Moved to: https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj] (by martinvonz)
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SemanticDiff
Community support for SemanticDiff, the programming language aware diff for Visual Studio Code and GitHub.
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Show HN: An open-source browser extension that integrates difftastic into GitHub
This was meant to be a weekend project and ended up taking a liiiittle longer (only a couple more weekends haha).
Difftastic (https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic) is a popular tool that generates structural diffs. Its diffs are often nicer that git's default diffs, but it's a CLI only tool - so I made a browser extension that can display them directly within Github.
- DiffX – Next-Generation Extensible Diff Format
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Core Git Developers Configure Git
I prefer difftastic (https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic) as diff tool.
I think it's the most readable and understandable diff.
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Software development topics I've changed my mind on after 10 years
> What we should have instead is syntax-aware diffs that can ignore meaningless changes like curly braces moving into another line or lines getting wrapped for reasons.
These diffs already exist (at least for some languages) but aren't yet integrated into the standard tools. For example, if you want a command line tool, you can use https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic or if you are interested in a VS Code extension / GitHub App instead, you can give https://semanticdiff.com a try.
- Difftastic: A structural diff that understands syntax
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Developer tool 'diff' is 40 years old: can it be improved?
There is this amazing tool called difftastic which one guy implements for years on end. It's ridiculous how dedicated he is to the tool. 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
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How to Build a Better IDE
Maybe you're already aware of it, but there is difftastic [0], which is a syntax aware diff tool that can also be used with git. Although I haven't tried, I think most IDEs should also be able to use it.
[0] https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/
- Some thoughts on a possible AST-aware org-mode three way merge driver
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How far should a programming language aware diff go?
After switching to difftastic for semantic diff, I have never looked back. (https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic)
How does semanticdiff compare to that? Anyone got experience?
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Wednesday Links - Edition 2024-07-17
Difftastic: A Structural Diff Tool for Meaningful Code Reviews (3 min) 🔧 https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/
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A note from our sponsor - InfluxDB
www.influxdata.com | 14 Jun 2025
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The primary programming language of difftastic is Rust.
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