An interactive curses tool for viewing git diffs that span multiple files.
Run git-idiff in a git directory to get an interactive view of the current git diff.
git-idiff takes any arguments recognized by the git diff command and will use them when displaying output.
Using:
git-idiff HEAD~2 -R -U5will display the same output that git diff displays, but in an interactive view.
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| Arrow keys | Scroll diff contents |
| Page up/down | Scroll diff contents one page up/down |
| Home/end | Scroll to start/end of diff contents |
n |
Select next file |
p |
Select previous file |
f |
Toggle filelist pane |
? |
Show help menu |
q |
Quit |
git-idiff also supports mouse control.
| Mouse Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Scroll (on diff pane) | Scroll diff contents |
Actions when the mouse is in the filelist pane:
| Mouse Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Click | Select file clicked |
| Scroll | Select previous/next file |
| Drag (on filelist pane border) | Resize filelist pane |
The filelist pane shows all files in the git diff.
Each entry begins with the file's status, number of insertions, and number of deletions, followed by the filename.
If a filename is too long, it will be truncated to fit the pane and prefixed with ##.
The filelist pane can be resized by dragging the filelist pane border with the mouse.