Side-by-side Git View

[spkgyk]

It would be nice to see changes side-by-side instead of vertically, with differences highlighted. For example, if I change a variable name from addtwonumbers to addTwoNumbers, the T and the N would be highlighted.

VS Code does something similar, and I think it provides a very easy viewing experience. As with vim, you could switch from the left buffer and right buffer with ctrl-w-h and ctrl-w-l.

The highlighting isn't that clear with vs code, but the side-by-side view is very nice to see. It means I can edit code in the git diff viewer, and see the changes to the original code in real time.

[Joride]

Xcode does a similar thing, and allows jumping from one change to the next with the up and down arrows, by clicking the divider between the views.
Very, very useful when going over any leftovers/remnants of a debugging session before committing.

[kotkoroid]

I've been trying the current implementation for weeks, but I haven't found it to be more useful or clearer than the VS Code version, especially for comparing staged files and resolving Git conflicts. Have you considered opening an issue? I wasn't able to find one.

[raul-gherman]

I second this request

[sporritt]

I'd vote for this too. Having just come across Zed I think it looks great, but the diff view pales in comparison with the side-by-side that I'm used to in IntelliJ.

[ArturAronov]

This feature would be a great addition. Coming from VSCode, this is something that I miss a lot...

[remorses]

This is one of the most important features for me

[widersky]

Just copy-paste IntelliJ implementation, it's the best out there.

[Trosterud]

it's so good every time I try to switch away from the editor I keep going back to the git view before pushing

[sporritt]

Me too. And then there's also changelists...

[Imamsubekti26]

I think this is a duplicate with this #4523

[remorses]

nope, completely different, this issue is for deletions and additions to be in separate panes to make it easier to read

[bkgthumanity]

Yup this is my number one missing feature. The over and above git view is really hard to get the context of the changes particular if they are more extensive. A side by side diff view where you can easily see the new file vs the old file (with changes highlighted) is so much easier to read. (It also works better when working with LLM's too as it's easier to copy past new and old files... to put into an llm).

[lasfito]

bumping this as i just switched to zed and this is currently one of my main struggles

[matthieusieben]

Also, add a panel that allows to choose what to compare with:

• HEAD
• main branch
• main branch (on remote)
• arbitrary branch

see #31961

[zhe]

It would be very helpful to support the option of Ignore Trim Whitespace.

(seen in VS Code under Settings > Text Editor > Diff Editor)