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I need to diff two files (not two versions of the same file, they are however tracked by git, but that is unrelated) and I would like some colored output, how can I achieve that?

$ diff file_1 file_2

1,9d0
< <script ... >
<     // more code
< </script>

$

That givesAbove code shows me all differencesthe difference between those files, however without any colors. For longer diffs that is hard to read.

Alternatively, is there a way for git (with which I do have nice color output) to diff two different files (not changes to a file)?

OSX (10.7.5)

I need to diff two files (not two versions of the same file, they are however tracked by git, but that is unrelated) and I would like some colored output, how can I achieve that?

$ diff file_1 file_2

1,9d0
< <script ... >
<     // more code
< </script>

$

That gives me all differences, however without any colors. For longer diffs that is hard to read.

Alternatively, is there a way for git (with which I do have nice color output) to diff two different files (not changes to a file)?

OSX (10.7.5)

I need to diff two files (not two versions of the same file, they are however tracked by git, but that is unrelated) and I would like some colored output, how can I achieve that?

$ diff file_1 file_2

1,9d0
< <script ... >
<     // more code
< </script>

$

Above code shows me the difference between those files, however without any colors. For longer diffs that is hard to read.

Alternatively, is there a way for git (with which I do have nice color output) to diff two different files (not changes to a file)?

OSX (10.7.5)

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In OSX (10.7.5) terminal, I need to diff two files (not two versions of the same file, they are however tracked by git, but that is unrelated info) and I would like some colored output, how can I achieve that?

$ diff file_1 file_2

1,9d0
< <script ... >
<     // more code
< </script>

$

That gives me all differences, however without any colors. For longer diffs that is hard to read.

Alternatively, is there a way for git (with which I do have nice color output) to diff two different files (not changes to onea file, but two different files.)?

OSX (10.7.5)

In OSX (10.7.5) terminal, I need to diff two files (not two versions of the same file, they are however tracked by git, but that is unrelated info) and I would like some colored output, how can I achieve that?

$ diff file_1 file_2

1,9d0
< <script ... >
<     // more code
< </script>

$

That gives me all differences, however without any colors. For longer diffs that is hard to read.

Alternatively, is there a way for git (with which I do have nice color output) to diff two different files (not changes to one file, but two different files.)?

I need to diff two files (not two versions of the same file, they are however tracked by git, but that is unrelated) and I would like some colored output, how can I achieve that?

$ diff file_1 file_2

1,9d0
< <script ... >
<     // more code
< </script>

$

That gives me all differences, however without any colors. For longer diffs that is hard to read.

Alternatively, is there a way for git (with which I do have nice color output) to diff two different files (not changes to a file)?

OSX (10.7.5)

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How can I enable colored output for OSX diff?

In OSX (10.7.5) terminal, I need to diff two files (not two versions of the same file, they are however tracked by git, but that is unrelated info) and I would like some colored output, how can I achieve that?

$ diff file_1 file_2

1,9d0
< <script ... >
<     // more code
< </script>

$

That gives me all differences, however without any colors. For longer diffs that is hard to read.

Alternatively, is there a way for git (with which I do have nice color output) to diff two different files (not changes to one file, but two different files.)?