How to configure magit with difftastic?
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tangrammer-reddit · 2022-03-29 15:13

Hi guys, has anyone tried successfully to get magit and [https://githu
b.com/wilfred/difftastic](https://github.com/wilfred/difftastic)
working together?

I thought that would be pretty straight forward thinking that magit
just communicated with git via shell ....

thanks in advance!

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AndreaSomePostfix · 2022-03-29 15:38

mm I tried once and it didn't work for me. I seem to remember because
magit doesn't allow external diff tools, but I may be wrong. I am
pretty sure Wilfred uses it with Emacs though!

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redblobgames · 2022-03-29 16:29

I don't think so — I asked wilfredh about it
— https://twitter.com/_wilfredh/status/1488399551870373888

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akirakom · 2022-03-29 18:21

Maybe https://gitlab.com/ideasman42/emacs-diff-ansi could add support
for it

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TelcDunedain · 2022-03-29 19:08

You might look into https://github.com/dandavison/magit-delta

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7890yuiop · 2022-03-29 21:23

Does difftastic produce standard diffs?  If not, Magit wouldn't be
able to parse them.

The answer appears to be a clear "no".  From their own documentation:

> Difftastic output is intended for human consumption, and it does not
generate patches that you can apply later. Use diff if you need a
patch.

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paretoOptimalDev · 2022-03-29 22:24

Being able to toggle between difftastic's human view and diff view
would be nice though.

Then all the commands only use the diff view.

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404cn · 2022-03-30 03:14

I use magit-delta, does someone compare between delta and difftasic?

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MichaelDErnst · 2022-09-09 15:27

Here is a blog post from 2022-08-01 that gives code (but doesn't wrap
it up in a `.el` file, unfortunately).  I haven't tried it yet.

[https://tsdh.org/posts/2022-08-01-difftastic-diffing-with-
magit.html](https://tsdh.org/posts/2022-08-01-difftastic-diffing-with-
magit.html)