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Is there a quick way to see the differences VIM is describing?

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  • :!view % might do it, but is not a diff. I think we have a Q somewhere about getting the diff…
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    Dec 2, 2021 at 18:07
  • Might be an easier way but you can save a copy, e.g. :w %.tmp then diff with the original :!diff % %.tmp.
    – B Layer
    Dec 2, 2021 at 18:48

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Create a new window, read file from disk into it and show the differences. Kind of this

vnew +read\ # | windo diffthis

More complete version is discussed at :h diff-original-file. Also, a ton of variations in personal configs/gists/similar SO topics etc.

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