git diff --word-diff

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git diff --word-diff

Show changes word by word instead of line by line

A line-based diff hides small edits inside a long line, so --word-diff splits changes at word boundaries instead. Deleted words appear wrapped in [- -] and added words in {+ +}. It shines for prose, config files, and long JSON lines.
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