How to do a diff on a word/character basis rather than on a line basis

published Sep 13, 2017 02:28   by admin ( last modified Sep 13, 2017 02:28 )

How to do a diff on a word/character basis rather than on a line basis

Use git's diff like so:

git diff --word-diff=color --word-diff-regex=. file1 file2

 

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