From 3f37d292ec69dfbcb7334c228a3fb69ed9f3a5dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Davison Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 13:20:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Point to delta in usage-with-git section of README --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 837076f1..e50756df 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ tail -f /var/log/pacman.log | bat --paging=never -l log Note that we have to switch off paging in order for this to work. We have also specified the syntax explicitly (`-l log`), as it can not be auto-detected in this case. -#### `git show` +#### `git` You can combine `bat` with `git show` to view an older version of a given file with proper syntax highlighting: @@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ highlighting: git show v0.6.0:src/main.rs | bat -l rs ``` +Note that syntax highlighting within diffs is currently not supported. If you are looking for this, check out [delta](https://github.com/dandavison/delta). + #### `xclip` The line numbers and Git modification markers in the output of `bat` can make it hard to copy