From e69867d43d4efd8887a6c8aa143e8f1bd3524957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Bauer <github@dbauer.me>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:02:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: use difftastic

---
 dot_gitconfig.tmpl                   |  1 +
 run_onchange_before_26_difftastic.sh | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 run_onchange_before_26_difftastic.sh

diff --git a/dot_gitconfig.tmpl b/dot_gitconfig.tmpl
index 2451b62..abb184b 100644
--- a/dot_gitconfig.tmpl
+++ b/dot_gitconfig.tmpl
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 [diff]
 	noprefix = true
     colorMoved = True
+    external = difft
 [commit]
 	verbose = true
 [color "status"]
diff --git a/run_onchange_before_26_difftastic.sh b/run_onchange_before_26_difftastic.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19e2d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_onchange_before_26_difftastic.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+INSTALL_DIR="${HOME}/.local/bin"
+BINARY_NAME="difft"
+TARBALL="difft-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/releases/latest/download/${TARBALL}"
+
+echo "Downloading difftastic..."
+wget -q --show-progress -O "/tmp/${TARBALL}" "${DOWNLOAD_URL}"
+
+echo "Extracting..."
+tar -xzf "/tmp/${TARBALL}" -C /tmp
+
+echo "Installing to ${INSTALL_DIR}..."
+sudo mv "/tmp/${BINARY_NAME}" "${INSTALL_DIR}/${BINARY_NAME}"
+sudo chmod +x "${INSTALL_DIR}/${BINARY_NAME}"
+
+echo "Cleaning up..."
+rm -f "/tmp/${TARBALL}"
+
+echo "difftastic installed successfully!"
+difft --version