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		mrinterweb on Feb 9, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Diff So Fancy: make Git diffs look good Vim's fugitive plugin also gives a similar split diff view. The command is "Gdiff".

ilikepi on Feb 9, 2016 [–]

Even without the plugin, you can spawn a diff in vim via git's difftool settings. Here's a basic version that can be used in one's .gitconfig:

    [diff]
      tool = customvim
    [difftool "customvim"]
      cmd = vim -R -f -d \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\"

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