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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>