How to build a `Git diff` driver
zdw
102 points
10 comments
April 11, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
gritzko
I recently implemented a diff driver as part of git-dogs. The integration part Claude one-shotted. Mine is token based: https://replicated.wiki/blog/img/difflet.png The set of git tools itself, very much in development: https://github.com/gritzko/git-dogs
yboris
Related: my favorite viewer is diff2html-cli which lets you see the diff in your browser: https://diff2html.xyz/
tarun_anand
Is there an OSS git diff for images and multimedia?
faangguyindia
Nothing beats sublime merge for this.