litcat 0.1.1

A CLI tool for viewing patches with colors
litcat-0.1.1 is not a library.

litcat

litcat is a simple Rust CLI tool for viewing patch and diff files with highlighting. It colors added (+), removed (-), and context lines to make git diffs easier to read in your terminal.

Features

  • Colors added lines in green
  • Colors removed lines in red
  • Colors diff headers and hunk markers
  • Reads from a file or standard input (pipe)

Usage

From a patch file

litcat patch.diff

From git diff output

git diff | litcat

Example Output

  • Lines starting with + (but not +++) are green
  • Lines starting with - (but not ---) are red
  • Diff headers (+++, ---) are cyan
  • Hunk markers (@@ ... @@) are yellow
  • All other lines are default color

Installation

1. Build from Source

  1. Clone the repo: 
    git clone https://github.com/shan-shaji/litcat.git
cd litcat
  2. Build: 
    cargo build --release
  3. Run as shown above.

2. Install from crates.io

If published, you can install directly using cargo:

cargo install litcat

Dependencies

  • clap for CLI argument parsing
  • colored for colored terminal output