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vimdiff and MacVim

I'd like to run vimdiff on MacVim. Is there an easy way I'd be able to do it?

Solution
    • From the terminal

    If you have the mvim script installed (it is in the dmg, just put it somewhere in your PATH), you can just type in a shell:

    mvim -d file1 file2

    You can alias this to mvimdiff if you like.

    • From within macvim

    In macvim, like in vim , you can also use:

    :e file1
:diffsplit file2
or
:vert diffsplit file2

    The second option gives you a vertical diff, which is usually more readable