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vimdiff — Open up two or more files in vim and show the differences between them. See also: `vim`, `vimtutor`,

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Problem

How to use the vimdiff command: Open up two or more files in vim and show the differences between them. See also: vim, vimtutor, nvim. More information: <https://www.vim.org/>.

Solution

vimdiff — Open up two or more files in vim and show the differences between them. See also: vim, vimtutor, nvim. More information: <https://www.vim.org/>.

Open two files and show the differences:

vimdiff {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

Move the cursor to the window on the left|right:

<Ctrl w>{{<h>|<l>}}

Jump to the previous difference:

<[><c>

Jump to the next difference:

<]><c>

Copy the highlighted difference from the other window to the current window:

<d><o>

Copy the highlighted difference from the current window to the other window:

<d><p>

Update all highlights and folds:

<:>diffupdate

Toggle the highlighted code fold:

<z><a>

Code Snippets

Open two files and show the differences

vimdiff {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

Move the cursor to the window on the left|right

<Ctrl w>{{<h>|<l>}}

Jump to the previous difference

<[><c>

Jump to the next difference

<]><c>

Copy the highlighted difference from the other window to the current window

<d><o>

Context

tldr-pages: common/vimdiff

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