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VIMDIFF(1)                             General Commands Manual                            VIMDIFF(1)



NAME
       vimdiff - edit between two and eight versions of a file with Vim and show differences

SYNOPSIS
       vimdiff [options] file1 file2 [file3 [file4 [file5 [file6 [file7 [file8]]]]]]

       gvimdiff

DESCRIPTION
       Vimdiff starts Vim on two up to eight files.  Each file gets its own window.  The differences
       between the files are highlighted.  This is a nice way to inspect changes and to move changes
       from one version to another version of the same file.

       See vim(1) for details about Vim itself.

       When started as gvimdiff the GUI will be started, if available.

       In each window the 'diff' option will be set, which causes the differences to be highlighted.
       The 'wrap' and 'scrollbind' options are set to make the text look good.
       The  'foldmethod'  option  is  set to "diff", which puts ranges of lines without changes in a
       fold.  'foldcolumn' is set to two to make it easy to spot the folds and open or close them.

OPTIONS
       Vertical splits are used to align the lines, as if the "-O" argument was used.  To use  hori‐
       zontal splits instead, use the "-o" argument.

       For all other arguments see vim(1).

SEE ALSO
       vim(1)

AUTHOR
       Most  of Vim was made by Bram Moolenaar, with a lot of help from others.  See ":help credits"
       in Vim.



                                            2001 March 30                                 VIMDIFF(1)