As an example, git diff --word-diff old.sh new.sh produces: diff --git a/old.sh b/new.sh index 18237f5..208b37d 100644 --- a/old.sh +++ b/new.sh @@ -1,8 +1,22 @@ {+GRUB_TIMEOUT="15"+} {+ # Original:+} GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)" {+# Original:…

@sam , thanks. In retrospect, this shan’t be possible: [Request] Support word diff (--word-diff) opened 11:26PM - 06 Dec 20 UTC (UTC) closed 11:46PM - 06 Dec 20 UTC (UTC) [image…

I think it is best reporting this to hljs on GitHub, given it is an issue with the default diff implementation: [image] Demo - highlight.js Preview how highlight.js will highlight your code snippets and share them with other syntax highlighting nerds …

The syntax highlighter doesn't support `--word-diff`s

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sam (Sam Saffron) November 2, 2025, 11:39pm 4

Technically a theme component can ship a different grammer, it is complicated but doable imo.

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The syntax highlighter doesn't support `--word-diff`s

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