# delta

> A viewer for Git and diff output.
> More information: <https://dandavison.github.io/delta/full---help-output.html>.

- Compare files or directories:

`delta {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}`

- Compare files or directories, showing the line numbers:

`delta {{[-n|--line-numbers]}} {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}`

- Compare files or directories, showing the differences side by side:

`delta {{[-s|--side-by-side]}} {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}`

- Compare files or directories, ignoring any Git configuration settings:

`delta --no-gitconfig {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}`

- Compare, rendering commit hashes, file names, and line numbers as hyperlinks, according to the hyperlink spec for terminal emulators:

`delta --hyperlinks {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}`

- Display the current settings:

`delta --show-config`

- Display supported languages and associated file extensions:

`delta --list-languages`