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I would like to have vc-diff colorize the output so that added lines are in one color and deleted ones in another. Using Emacs 23.1 and putty/xterm-256color (list-colors-display shows 256 colors and color themes and such works as expected).

This is how it looks right now:

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Reset to default
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To just modify the colors of the added and removed lines:

(custom-set-faces
 '(diff-added ((t (:foreground "Green"))) 'now)
 '(diff-removed ((t (:foreground "Red"))) 'now)
 )

See Treys answer for a more complete customization.

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    +1 I totally missed the default coloring options. diff-mode- has some flair, but this totally works.
    – Trey Jackson
    Commented Dec 9, 2009 at 23:03
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The package diff-mode-.el provides more colors.

You can customize the colors by either customizing the faces diff-indicator-removed and diff-indicator-added, or changing the variables diff-indicator-removed-face and diff-indicator-added-face to be faces whose colors/properties you like. There are also changed varieties of the face and variable.

Other packages for enhancing diff-mode can be found here.

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  • Weird name and the default settings weren't the best but a good start. Thank you!
    – serbaut
    Commented Dec 9, 2009 at 22:23
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    Yah, I don't like the default colors of that package.
    – Trey Jackson
    Commented Dec 9, 2009 at 22:47

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