Configuration

Git config file

The most convenient way to configure delta is with a [delta] section in ~/.gitconfig. Here's an example:

[core]
    pager = delta

[interactive]
    diffFilter = delta --color-only --features=interactive

[delta]
    features = decorations

[delta "interactive"]
    keep-plus-minus-markers = false

[delta "decorations"]
    commit-decoration-style = blue ol
    commit-style = raw
    file-style = omit
    hunk-header-decoration-style = blue box
    hunk-header-file-style = red
    hunk-header-line-number-style = "#067a00"
    hunk-header-style = file line-number syntax

Use delta --help to see all the available options.

Note that delta style argument values in ~/.gitconfig should be in double quotes, like --minus-style="syntax #340001". For theme names and other values, do not use quotes as they will be passed on to delta, like theme = Monokai Extended.

All git commands that display diff output should now display syntax-highlighted output. For example:

• git diff
• git show
• git log -p
• git stash show -p
• git reflog -p
• git add -p

To change your delta options in a one-off git command, use git -c. For example

git -c delta.line-numbers=false show

There are several important environment variables that affect delta configuration and which can be used to configure delta dynamically. Please see Environment variables.