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Coloured, paged subversion diff output on Linux-like computers

Posted by michael on April 1st, 2009 under subversion
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Using subversion from the command line (svn), I often complained (to myself at least) about the bland output from a svn diff command. This isn’t strictly a subversion problem, since your regular diff gives the same uninspired output.
Here’s how to add automatic paging and highlight changes in bright colours.
Install colordiff on Ubuntu:
apt-get install colordiff
OS X:
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