johnc32 / diffview-mode

View diffs side-by-side in Emacs

diffview.el

View diffs in side-by-side format

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Render a unified diff (top/bottom) in an easy-to-comprehend side-by-side format. This comes in handy for reading patches from mailing lists (or from whencever you might acquire them).

Installation

M-x package-install diffview

Usage

The following functions are provided for launching a side-by-side diff:

• diffview-current : View the current diff buffer side-by-side
• diffview-region : View the current diff region side-by-side
• diffview-message : View the current email message (which presumably contains a patch) side-by-side

Screenshots

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Function Documentation

(diffview-current)

Show current diff buffer in a side-by-side view.

(diffview-region)

Show current diff region in a side-by-side view.

(diffview-message)

Show message-mode buffer in a side-by-side view.

This is useful for reading patches from mailing lists.

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