Default git

The default git diff is rather lackluster since it only displays which lines changed, not _how _they changed:

Git diff, default

This is especially bad when the lines are long, or there are a lot of very similar lines:

Long lines and repetition with default diff

One solution is looking at diffs using GitHub or GitLab, both of which highlight the specific words that changed. This is a lot nicer, but it obviously doesn’t run in the terminal, requires you to be online, and only works with repos that are hosted on the website (and up to date).

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