git-ddiff v0.0.1

git ddiff

A better git diff for humans with lack of memory.

Usage

The usage of git ddiff is trying to reflect human language and interaction with time.

Use case is, for example, a developer coming back to work on monday:

# Today is Monday

git ddiff three days ago;

It also has simple usage for a yesterday's diff for regular working code monkeys:

# Use morning, noon, evening, night, midnight
git ddiff yesterday morning;

Supported Formats

• git ddiff yesterday
• git ddiff yesterday (morning | noon | evening | night | midnight)
• git ddiff <number> hours ago
• git ddiff <number> days ago
• git ddiff <number> weeks ago
• git ddiff <number> months ago

Any <number> can be replaced with the language-equivalent word. The git-ddiff command currently understands numbers from zero to thirty.

Bigger numbers probably will cause headaches anyway.

Here are some examples:

git ddiff a month ago;
git ddiff two weeks ago;
git ddiff twenty-two hours ago;
git ddiff thirty minutes ago;

Advanced Usage

This might be obvious for some, but unknown to many. You can use VIM to read a highlighted diff like so:

git ddiff yesterday morning | vim -;

Installation

• Requirement is node v6 or newer (with const/let/arrow function support)

cd /path/to/git-ddiff-folder;

sudo cp ./git-ddiff.js /usr/bin/git-ddiff;
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/git-ddiff;

License

Same license as git, so it's licensed as GNU GPL v2 and GNU LGPL v2.1.

If you want a different license, just contact @cookiengineer and we'll figure things out together.

Work in Progress

I would love to get git's ncurses support for navigating in vi working, but somehow node's stream pipes are fucked up. If you have an idea how to fix that with piping, please let me know.

Of course, any improvements and pull-requests are always welcomed. Let's make this project more awesome!