Get Started

Install it (the package is called "git-delta" in most package managers, but the executable is just delta) and add this to your ~/.gitconfig:

[core]
    pager = delta

[interactive]
    diffFilter = delta --color-only

[delta]
    navigate = true  # use n and N to move between diff sections
    dark = true      # or light = true, or omit for auto-detection

[merge]
    conflictstyle = zdiff3

Or run:

git config --global core.pager delta
git config --global interactive.diffFilter 'delta --color-only'
git config --global delta.navigate true
git config --global merge.conflictStyle zdiff3

Delta has many features and is very customizable; please see delta -h (short help) or delta --help (full manual), or the online user manual.

Features

Language syntax highlighting with the same syntax-highlighting themes as bat
Word-level diff highlighting using a Levenshtein edit inference algorithm
Side-by-side view with line-wrapping
Line numbering
n and N keybindings to move between files in large diffs, and between diffs in log -p views (--navigate)
Improved merge conflict display
Improved git blame display (syntax highlighting; --hyperlinks formats commits as links to hosting provider etc. Supported hosting providers are: GitHub, GitLab, SourceHut, Codeberg)
Syntax-highlights grep output from rg, git grep, grep, etc
Support for Git's --color-moved feature.
Code can be copied directly from the diff (-/+ markers are removed by default).
diff-highlight and diff-so-fancy emulation modes
Commit hashes can be formatted as terminal hyperlinks to the hosting provider page (--hyperlinks). File paths can also be formatted as hyperlinks for opening in your OS.
Stylable box/line decorations to draw attention to commit, file and hunk header sections.
Style strings (foreground color, background color, font attributes) are supported for >20 stylable elements, using the same color/style language as git
Handles traditional unified diff output in addition to git output
Automatic detection of light/dark terminal background

A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output

Code evolves, and we all spend time studying diffs. Delta aims to make this both efficient and enjoyable: it allows you to make extensive changes to the layout and styling of diffs, as well as allowing you to stay arbitrarily close to the default git/diff output.

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  <p align="center">delta with line-numbers activated</p>







  <img width="800px" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/87230973-412eb900-c381-11ea-8aec-cc200290bd1b.png" />
  
  <p align="center">delta with side-by-side and line-numbers activated</p>

Here's what git show can look like with git configured to use delta:

  <img width="500px" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/81058545-a5725f80-8e9c-11ea-912e-d21954586a44.png" />


  <img width="500px" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/81058911-6abcf700-8e9d-11ea-93be-e212824ec03d.png" />




  "Dracula" theme


  "GitHub" theme

Syntax-highlighting themes

All the syntax-highlighting color themes that are available with bat are available with delta:

  <img width="400px" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/149431273-e3ad049d-771e-4186-869d-0e57967958a6.png" />


  <img width="400px" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52205/149431419-48836001-2afc-4fd0-97ad-561a69b71db7.png" />




  delta --show-syntax-themes --dark


  delta --show-syntax-themes --light