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revdiff
TUI for reviewing diffs, files, and documents with inline annotations. Outputs structured annotations to stdout on quit, making it easy to pipe results into AI agents, scripts, or other tools.
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Install on Claude Code
> /plugin marketplace add umputun/revdiff> /plugin install revdiff@revdiff
What's inside
Skills
3/revdiff-planReview the last Codex assistant message (plan, analysis, or proposal) with inline annotations in a TUI overlay. Extracts the most recent response from Codex rollout files and opens it in revdiff for review and annotation. Activates on "revdiff-plan", "review plan with revdiff",/revdiffReview diffs, files, and documents with inline annotations in a TUI overlay, or answer questions about revdiff usage, configuration, themes, and keybindings. Opens revdiff in agterm/tmux/zellij/herdr/kitty/wezterm/cmux/ghostty/iterm2/emacs-vterm, captures annotations, and/revdiffPi-only interactive diff and file review with revdiff. Use when the user explicitly asks for revdiff, interactive annotations, or captured revdiff comments inside pi.
README
1revdiff
TUI for reviewing diffs, files, and documents with inline annotations. Outputs structured annotations to stdout on quit, making it easy to pipe results into AI agents, scripts, or other tools.
Built for a specific use case: reviewing code changes, plans, and documents without leaving a terminal-based AI coding session (e.g., Claude Code). Just enough UI to navigate diffs and files, annotate specific lines, and return the results to the calling process - no more, no less.
Features
- Structured annotation output to stdout - pipe into AI agents, scripts, or other tools
- Full-file diff view with syntax highlighting
- Intra-line word-diff: highlights the specific changed words within paired add/remove lines using a brighter background overlay, off by default — enable with
--word-diffor toggle withW - Collapsed diff mode: shows final text with change markers, toggle with
v - Word wrap mode: wraps long lines at viewport boundary with
↪continuation markers, toggle withw; optional--wrap-indent Nfor hanging-indent continuations (handy for markdown lists) - Horizontal scroll overflow indicators: truncated diff lines show
«/»markers at the edges to signal hidden content off-screen - Vertical scrollbar thumb: a thicker
┃segment on pane right borders indicates the visible portion of long diffs, file trees, and markdown TOCs; thumb size and position track scroll progress automatically - Line numbers: side-by-side old/new line number gutter for diffs, single column for full-context files, toggle with
L - Rename-aware diffs (git): a renamed file shows its origin in the diff-pane header as
old → newand renders only the real line changes instead of a full delete-and-add - Mercurial support: auto-detects hg repos, translates git-style refs (HEAD, HEAD~N) to Mercurial revsets
- Jujutsu support: auto-detects jj repos (including colocated git+jj), translates git-style refs to jj revsets (
HEAD→@-,HEAD~N→@plus N+1 dashes);--all-filessupported - Blame gutter: shows author name and commit age per line, toggle with
B - Annotate any line in the diff (added, removed, or context) plus file-level notes
- Single-file auto-detection: when a diff contains exactly one file, hides the tree pane and gives full terminal width to the diff view
- Two-pane TUI: file tree (left) + colorized diff viewport (right)
- Vim-style
/search within diff withn/Nmatch navigation - Hunk navigation to jump between change groups
- Annotation list popup (
@): browse all annotations across files, jump to any annotation - Filter file tree to show only annotated files
- Status line with filename, diff stats, hunk position, line number, and mode indicators
- Help overlay (
?) showing all keybindings organized by section - Info popup (
i) showing launch scope (mode, VCS, ref, filters, file/status counts, aggregate+/-line stats), the optional--descriptionprose, and the commit log subject + body for every commit in the current ref range (git/hg/jj) — useful for restoring narrative context when reviewing PR-style diffs - Markdown TOC navigation: single-file markdown files in context-only mode show a table-of-contents pane with header navigation and active section tracking
- All-files mode: browse and annotate all tracked files with
--all-files(gitls-filesor jjfile list), filter with--includeand--exclude - No-VCS file review:
--onlyfiles outside a VCS repo (or not in any diff) are shown as context-only with full annotation support - Scratch-buffer review: annotate arbitrary piped or redirected text with
--stdin, optionally naming it with--stdin-name. When the piped content sniffs as a git unified diff, revdiff parses it as a real multi-file diff (reviewgh pr difforgit format-patch -1 --stdoutoutput directly); otherwise the input is shown as a single context-only buffer. - Pi package: launch revdiff from pi, capture annotations, and send them to the agent immediately for the normal review loop
- Review history: auto-saves annotations and diffs to
~/.config/revdiff/history/on quit as a safety net - Fully customizable colors via environment variables, CLI flags, or config file
- Custom keybindings: remap any key via config file, export defaults with
--dump-keys
Requirements
git,hg, orjj(used to generate diffs; optional when using--onlyor--stdin)
Installation
Homebrew (macOS/Linux):
brew install umputun/apps/revdiff
Arch Linux (AUR):
paru -S revdiff
Debian/Ubuntu (.deb):
# download the latest .deb for your architecture from GitHub Releases
sudo dpkg -i revdiff_*.deb
RPM-based (Fedora, RHEL, etc.):
# download the latest .rpm for your architecture from GitHub Releases
sudo rpm -i revdiff_*.rpm
Binary releases: download from GitHub Releases (deb, rpm, archives for linux/darwin amd64/arm64).
Claude Code Plugin
revdiff ships with a Claude Code plugin for interactive code review directly from a Claude session. The plugin launches revdiff as a terminal overlay, captures annotations, and feeds them back to Claude for processing.
The plugin requires one of the following terminals since Claude Code itself cannot display interactive TUI applications - the overlay runs revdiff in a separate terminal layer on top of the current session:
| Terminal | Overlay method | Detection |
|---|---|---|
| agterm | agtermctl session overlay open … --block (full-pane overlay, blocks until quit) | $AGTERM_SESSION_ID env var |
| tmux | display-popup (blocks until quit) | $TMUX env var |
| Zellij | zellij run --floating | $ZELLIJ env var |
| herdr | herdr tab create + herdr pane run (new tab) | $HERDR_ENV env var |
| kitty | kitty @ launch --type=overlay | $KITTY_LISTEN_ON env var |
| wezterm | wezterm cli split-pane | $WEZTERM_PANE env var |
| Kaku | kaku cli split-pane (same API as wezterm) | $WEZTERM_PANE env var |
| cmux | cmux new-split + cmux send | $CMUX_SURFACE_ID, __CFBundleIdentifier=com.cmuxterm.app, or GHOSTTY_RESOURCES_DIR / GHOSTTY_BIN_DIR containing cmux.app |
| ghostty | AppleScript split + zoom (macOS only) | $TERM_PROGRAM + AppleScript probe |
| iTerm2 | osascript split pane (macOS only) | $ITERM_SESSION_ID env var |
| Emacs vterm | New frame via emacsclient | $INSIDE_EMACS env var |
Priority: agterm → tmux → Zellij → herdr → kitty → wezterm/Kaku → cmux → ghostty → iTerm2 → Emacs vterm (first detected wins). If none are available, the plugin exits with an error.
Note: cmux is detected before ghostty when
$CMUX_SURFACE_IDis set,__CFBundleIdentifier=com.cmuxterm.app, orGHOSTTY_RESOURCES_DIR/GHOSTTY_BIN_DIRcontainscmux.app. The cmux block uses the cmux CLI (new-split+send --surface) instead of Ghostty's AppleScript API.
Note: iTerm2 uses a split pane (vertical or horizontal, auto-detected from terminal dimensions) rather than a full-screen overlay. The iTerm2 AppleScript API does not expose a zoom command, so the split view shares screen space with the invoking session.
Note: Ghostty and iTerm2 launchers use
osascript(Apple Events), which is blocked by Claude Code's sandbox. If you use these terminals with sandbox enabled, add the launcher toexcludedCommandsin your Claude Codesettings.json:{ "permissions": { "excludedCommands": ["*/launch-revdiff.sh*"] } }Terminals that use CLI tools instead of AppleScript (agterm, tmux, Zellij, herdr, kitty, wezterm, Kaku, cmux) are not affected.
Disconnect-resilient tmux window mode: set
REVDIFF_TMUX_WINDOW=1in the launcher's environment to open revdiff in a persistent, server-owned tmux window instead of a client-owneddisplay-popup. A dropped SSH or tmux client tears down a popup and kills the review, but a server-owned window survives the disconnect — reattach and the live review is still there. This is a launcher environment variable, not a revdiff flag.
Pane-scoped overlay (agterm): set
REVDIFF_AGTERM_PANE=1in the launcher's environment to open revdiff in the agent's own split pane instead of over the whole session, leaving the sibling pane live and visible. It applies only when that session is split — the session-wide overlay stands otherwise, and the launcher retries session-wide if agterm refuses the pane. The review gets pane width rather than session width, which is why it is opt-in. This is a launcher environment variable, not a revdiff flag.
Install:
# add marketplace and install
/plugin marketplace add umputun/revdiff
/plugin install revdiff@revdiff
Use with /revdiff command:
/revdiff -- smart detection: uncommitted, last commit, or branch diff
/revdiff HEAD~1 -- review last commit
/revdiff main -- review current branch against main
/revdiff --staged -- review staged changes only
/revdiff HEAD~3 -- review last 3 commits
Use with free text (no slash command needed):
"review diff" -- smart detection, same as /revdiff
"review diff HEAD~1" -- last commit
"review diff against main" -- branch diff
"review changes from last 2 days" -- Claude resolves the ref automatically
"revdiff for staged changes" -- staged only
When no ref is provided, the plugin auto-detects the VCS (git, hg, or jj) and inspects the current repo state to pick what to review:
- On main/master with uncommitted changes — reviews uncommitted changes
- On main/master with clean tree — reviews the last commit
- On a feature branch with clean tree — reviews branch diff against main
- On a feature branch with uncommitted changes — asks whether to review uncommitted only or the full branch diff
- Outside a VCS repo — falls back to asking the user what to review
The plugin includes built-in reference documentation and can answer questions about revdiff usage, available themes, keybindings, and configuration options. It can also create or modify the local config file (~/.config/revdiff/config) on request:
"what chroma themes does revdiff support?"
"switch revdiff to dracula theme"
"what are the revdiff keybindings?"
"set tree width to 3 in revdiff config"
The plugin supports the full review loop: annotate → plan → fix → re-review until no more annotations remain. The bundled launcher treats exit code 10 as success-with-annotations and processes stdout normally.
Ask instead of instruct: an annotation containing ?? anywhere in its text is treated as a question rather than a directive, so the agent explains that code instead of changing it. Openers explain, remind, describe, what is, what are, how does, how do and clarify do the same. ?? is the language-neutral form and works whatever you write in.
## renderer.go:142 (+)
why a pointer here??
## store.go:88 (-)
explain what this lock protects
The answer comes back as a markdown document reopened in revdiff, with a TOC sidebar, so you can annotate the explanation itself to ask follow-ups. That loop repeats until you quit without annotating. Any code-change annotations from the same batch are held and applied afterwards. The Codex plugin behaves the same way; the Pi package classifies questions too but answers them in chat.
Custom launchers: the Claude diff-review skill and the cross-runtime planning plugin resolve launchers through a two-layer chain (user → bundled). Claude uses ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}/scripts/<launcher>; the Codex planning hook uses ${PLUGIN_DATA}/scripts/launch-plan-review.sh. There is no project-level executable override by design because these hooks auto-fire in any opened repository. See .claude-plugin/skills/revdiff/references/install.md for diff review and plugins/revdiff-planning/README.md for plan review.
Plan Review Plugin
A separate revdiff-planning plugin automatically opens revdiff when Claude or Codex completes a plan, letting you annotate it before implementation. If you add annotations, the agent revises the full plan and presents it again — looping until you're satisfied. Exit code 10 means annotations were captured, not launcher failure.
Claude Code:
/plugin install revdiff-planning@revdiff
Codex:
codex plugin marketplace add umputun/revdiff
codex plugin add revdiff-planning@revdiff
Start a new Codex session and trust the hook through /hooks. Codex automatic review is opt-in and only fires for complete <proposed_plan> blocks in Plan mode; /revdiff-plan remains the manual fallback.
This plugin is independent from the main revdiff plugin and does not conflict with other planning plugins (e.g., planning from cc-thingz).
Pi Package
revdiff also ships as a pi package. The /revdiff command routes requests through the revdiff skill, which resolves refs, files, and natural-language targets before launching the existing revdiff binary through the revdiff_review tool. If no annotations were captured, the agent stops the review loop unless you explicitly ask for another review.
Install:
pi install https://github.com/umputun/revdiff
Command inside pi:
/revdiff [args]
Useful args:
/revdiff -- detect uncommitted, staged, or branch changes, then open revdiff
/revdiff HEAD~1 -- review last commit
/revdiff main -- review against main
/revdiff --staged -- review staged changes
/revdiff --untracked -- include untracked files in working-tree review
/revdiff --all-files -- browse all tracked files
/revdiff --all-files --exclude vendor
/revdiff --only README.md -- review a single file in context-only mode
/revdiff HEAD~3 --description="why this refactor matters"
/revdiff HEAD~3 --description-file=/tmp/revdiff-desc.md
/revdiff main --annotations=/tmp/revdiff-review.md
Natural-language targets are supported because /revdiff routes through the skill:
/revdiff prev commit
/revdiff last tag
/revdiff 2 weeks ago
You can also call the skill explicitly with /skill:revdiff <request>.
Agent workflow:
/revdiffis a Pi command alias for/skill:revdiff; the skill resolves the request and callsrevdiff_review.revdiff_reviewsuspends pi, hands the terminal to revdiff, then returns captured annotations to the agent.- The agent classifies annotations into explanation requests and code-change directives.
- Explanation requests are answered first in normal chat, without opening another revdiff session for the explanation.
- Any no-annotation
revdiff_reviewresult stops the loop. The agent must not relaunch revdiff unless you explicitly ask for another review. - For explanation-only annotations, the agent asks whether to continue the original review or finish.
- Before editing repository files, the agent lists planned code/file changes, applies the changes, then reruns
revdiff_reviewwith the same args until no annotations are captured.
Notes:
- Requires the
revdiffbinary onPATH - Set
REVDIFF_BIN=/absolute/path/to/revdiffif pi can't find the binary - Direct terminal handoff is the only Pi launch mode
- Exit code
10means annotations were captured, not failure - Use
--untrackedwhen agent-created files should be reviewed before they are staged - Use
--descriptionor--description-fileafter analysis/refactor work so the info popup carries review context - Use
--annotations=<tempfile>to preload in-session review notes - Successful
revdiff_reviewresults include captured annotation text; history is only for explicit latest-history requests or missing-output fallback - For "use my latest revdiff annotations", the agent should read the newest file under
$REVDIFF_HISTORY_DIRor~/.config/revdiff/history/instead of relaunching revdiff - In the repo, the pi-specific resources live under
plugins/pi/to keep harness integrations clearly separated
Codex Plugin
revdiff ships with a Codex CLI plugin for interactive diff review and plan annotation directly from a Codex session. The plugin provides two skills:
/revdiff— same diff review workflow as the Claude Code plugin (detect ref, launch overlay, capture annotations, feedback loop)/revdiff-plan— extracts the last Codex assistant message from session rollout files, opens it in revdiff for annotation, and feeds feedback back
The plugin uses the same terminal overlay mechanism (tmux, Zellij, herdr, kitty, wezterm, etc.) as the Claude Code plugin.
Install the automatic plan-review plugin:
codex plugin marketplace add umputun/revdiff
codex plugin add revdiff-planning@revdiff
Start a new session and trust the plugin hook through /hooks. The Stop hook runs only in Plan mode and first checks last_assistant_message; whenever that field has no complete <proposed_plan>, it reads the exact event transcript and selects the last assistant message for the matching session_id and turn_id, without depending on a provider-specific phase. A readable clarification turn is ignored. Missing or mismatched event data, dependencies, and launcher failures warn and fail open.
When annotations are present, the hook asks Codex to return the complete revised plan with a snapshot marker on the first line inside <proposed_plan>. The next round opens a rolling compare (<new> <old>); reviewed snapshots are replaced, and a clean review removes the final snapshot.
Install the manual skills:
# clone the repo first
git clone https://github.com/umputun/revdiff.git
cd revdiff
# copy skills to Codex skills directory
cp -r plugins/codex/skills/revdiff ~/.codex/skills/revdiff
cp -r plugins/codex/skills/revdiff-plan ~/.codex/skills/revdiff-plan
Requirements:
revdiffbinary onPATHjq(required only for manual/revdiff-plansession extraction)- One of the supported terminal multiplexers for overlay mode
Notes:
- Codex treats exit code
10as success-with-annotations and keeps captured output - Automatic review uses the opt-in
revdiff-planningplugin;/revdiff-planremains a manual fallback - Scripts are portable copies from the Claude Code plugin, not symlinks
- Plugin source lives under
plugins/codex/in the repository
Integration with Other Tools
OpenCode
revdiff integrates with OpenCode via a tool, slash command, and plan-review plugin. The tool wraps the existing launch-revdiff.sh launcher, so terminal detection stays in sync automatically.
Install:
cd plugins/opencode && bash setup.sh
The setup script copies files to ~/.config/opencode/ and registers the plan-review plugin. The tool and plan-review plugin treat exit code 10 as success-with-annotations and keep captured output. See plugins/opencode/README.md for manual installation and details.
Commands inside OpenCode:
/revdiff -- review git diff with revdiff TUI
/revdiff HEAD~3 -- review last 3 commits
The plan-review plugin automatically launches revdiff when the assistant exits plan mode, letting you annotate before approval.
General
The structured stdout output works with any tool that can read text. By default revdiff exits 0 even when annotations are produced; pass --exit-code-on-annotations to return 10 for successful annotation output:
# capture annotations for processing
rc=0
annotations=$(revdiff --exit-code-on-annotations main) || rc=$?
case "$rc" in
0) [ -n "$annotations" ] && echo "$annotations" | your-tool ;;
10) echo "$annotations" | your-tool ;;
*) exit "$rc" ;;
esac
Exit status: 0 = no annotations, discarded annotations, or default mode; 10 = annotations were produced with --exit-code-on-annotations; 1 = real errors.
Usage
revdiff [OPTIONS] [base] [against]
Positional arguments support several forms:
revdiff— uncommitted changesrevdiff HEAD~3— diff a single ref against the working treerevdiff main feature— diff between two refsrevdiff main..feature— same as above, using git's dot-dot syntaxrevdiff main...feature— changes sincefeaturediverged frommain
Options
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
base | Git ref to diff against | uncommitted changes |
against | Second git ref for two-ref diff | |
--staged | Show staged changes, env: REVDIFF_STAGED | false |
--untracked | Show untracked files in the tree, env: REVDIFF_UNTRACKED | false |
--tree-width | File tree panel width in units (1-10), env: REVDIFF_TREE_WIDTH | 2 |
--tab-width | Number of spaces per tab character, env: REVDIFF_TAB_WIDTH | 4 |
--no-colors | Disable all colors including syntax highlighting, env: REVDIFF_NO_COLORS | false |
--no-status-bar | Hide the status bar, env: REVDIFF_NO_STATUS_BAR | false |
--wrap | Enable line wrapping in diff view, env: REVDIFF_WRAP | false |
--wrap-indent | Indent wrap continuation rows by N columns so they hang under the first row's content (helps when reviewing markdown lists where unindented continuation can be misread as a new bullet), env: REVDIFF_WRAP_INDENT | 0 |
--collapsed | Start in collapsed diff mode, env: REVDIFF_COLLAPSED | false |
--compact | Start in compact diff mode (small context around changes), env: REVDIFF_COMPACT | false |
--compact-context | Number of context lines around changes when in compact mode, env: REVDIFF_COMPACT_CONTEXT | 5 |
--cross-file-hunks | Allow [ and ] to continue into adjacent files, env: REVDIFF_CROSS_FILE_HUNKS | false |
--line-numbers | Show line numbers in diff gutter, env: REVDIFF_LINE_NUMBERS | false |
--blame | Show blame gutter, env: REVDIFF_BLAME | false |
--word-diff | Highlight intra-line word-level changes in paired add/remove lines, env: REVDIFF_WORD_DIFF | false |
--annotation-marker | Prefix shown before annotation lines, env: REVDIFF_ANNOTATION_MARKER | 💬 |
--exit-code-on-annotations | Exit 10 when annotations are produced, env: REVDIFF_EXIT_CODE_ON_ANNOTATIONS, config: exit-code-on-annotations | false |
--no-confirm-discard | Skip confirmation when discarding annotations with Q, env: REVDIFF_NO_CONFIRM_DISCARD | false |
--no-confirm-reload | Skip confirmation when dropping annotations on reload with R, env: REVDIFF_NO_CONFIRM_RELOAD | false |
--no-mouse | Disable mouse support (scroll wheel, click), env: REVDIFF_NO_MOUSE | false |
--no-tree | Hide the file tree pane, env: REVDIFF_NO_TREE | false |
--vim-motion | Enable vim-style motion preset (counts, gg, G, H/M/L, zz/zt/zb, ZZ/ZQ), env: REVDIFF_VIM_MOTION | false |
--chroma-style | Chroma color theme for syntax highlighting, env: REVDIFF_CHROMA_STYLE | catppuccin-macchiato |
--theme | Load color theme from ~/.config/revdiff/themes/; use auto to choose by terminal background, env: REVDIFF_THEME | |
--auto-theme-dark | Theme used by --theme auto on dark terminal backgrounds, env: REVDIFF_AUTO_THEME_DARK | revdiff |
--auto-theme-light | Theme used by --theme auto on light terminal backgrounds, env: REVDIFF_AUTO_THEME_LIGHT | catppuccin-latte |
--dump-theme | Print currently resolved colors as theme file to stdout and exit | |
--list-themes | Print available theme names to stdout and exit | |
--init-themes | Write bundled theme files to themes dir and exit | |
--init-all-themes | Write all gallery themes (bundled + community) to themes dir and exit | |
--install-theme | Install theme(s) from gallery or local file path and exit (repeatable) | |
-A, --all-files | Browse all tracked files, not just diffs (git or jj) | false |
--compare-old | Compare mode: old file path (use with --compare-new; uses git diff --no-index, no VCS repo needed) | |
--compare-new | Compare mode: new file path (use with --compare-old) | |
--stdin | Review stdin as a scratch buffer (piped or redirected input only) | false |
--stdin-name | Synthetic file name for stdin content; enables extension-based highlighting/TOC | scratch-buffer |
--description | Prose context shown in the info popup (markdown; for multi-line text, use a multi-line quoted shell string or --description-file) | |
--description-file | Read the info-popup description from this file (markdown) | |
-I, --include | Include only files matching prefix, may be repeated, env: REVDIFF_INCLUDE (comma-separated) | |
-X, --exclude | Exclude files matching prefix, may be repeated, env: REVDIFF_EXCLUDE (comma-separated) | |
-F, --only | Show only matching files by exact path or suffix, may be repeated (e.g. --only=model.go) | |
-o, --output | Write annotations to file instead of stdout, env: REVDIFF_OUTPUT | |
--post-flush-command | Run command after a successful O flush (requires -o/--output), env: REVDIFF_POST_FLUSH_COMMAND, config: post-flush-command | |
--annotations | Preload annotations from a markdown file in -o format | |
--history-dir | Directory for review history auto-saves, env: REVDIFF_HISTORY_DIR | ~/.config/revdiff/history/ |
--config | Path to config file, env: REVDIFF_CONFIG | ~/.config/revdiff/config |
--keys | Path to keybindings file, env: REVDIFF_KEYS | ~/.config/revdiff/keybindings |
--dump-keys | Print effective keybindings to stdout and exit | |
--dump-config | Print default config to stdout and exit | |
-V, --version | Show version info |
Config File
All options can be set in a config file at ~/.config/revdiff/config (INI format). CLI flags and environment variables override config file values. For annotation exit status, use exit-code-on-annotations = true.
Generate a default config file:
mkdir -p ~/.config/revdiff
revdiff --dump-config > ~/.config/revdiff/config
Then uncomment and edit the values you want to change.
Themes
revdiff ships with eight bundled color themes: basic, catppuccin-latte, catppuccin-mocha, dracula, gruvbox, nord, revdiff, and solarized-dark. Themes are stored in ~/.config/revdiff/themes/ and are automatically created on first run.
Press T inside revdiff to open the interactive theme selector with live preview — browse themes, see colors applied instantly, and persist your choice to the config file on confirm.
# apply a theme
revdiff --theme dracula
# choose a theme from the terminal background color
revdiff --theme auto
# list available themes
revdiff --list-themes
# re-create bundled theme files (overwrites bundled, keeps custom themes)
revdiff --init-themes
# install a specific theme from the gallery
revdiff --install-theme catppuccin-latte
# install all gallery themes (bundled + community)
revdiff --init-all-themes
# export current colors as a custom theme
revdiff --dump-theme > ~/.config/revdiff/themes/my-custom
Creating custom themes — two approaches:
- From current colors: customize individual colors in your config file or via
--color-*flags, then dump the resolved result as a theme:revdiff --dump-theme > ~/.config/revdiff/themes/my-custom - From scratch: copy a bundled theme and edit it directly — each file defines all 23 color keys plus
chroma-stylein INI format:
# name: my-custom
# description: custom color scheme
chroma-style = dracula
color-accent = #bd93f9
color-border = #6272a4
...all 23 color keys...
Set a default theme in the config file:
theme = dracula
Or via environment variable: REVDIFF_THEME=dracula.
Set theme = auto to query the terminal background and choose a matching theme. By default, auto mode uses revdiff for dark backgrounds and catppuccin-latte for light backgrounds:
theme = auto
auto-theme-dark = revdiff
auto-theme-light = catppuccin-latte
Contributing themes — community themes live in the themes/gallery/ directory. See themes/README.md for the contribution guide, format requirements, and validation instructions.
Precedence: When --theme is set, it takes over completely — all 23 color fields and chroma-style are overwritten by the theme, ignoring any --color-* flags or env vars. Without --theme: built-in defaults → config file → env vars → CLI flags. --theme + --no-colors prints a warning and applies the theme.
All color options accept hex values (#rrggbb) and have corresponding REVDIFF_COLOR_* env vars.
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
--color-accent | Active pane borders and directory names | #D5895F |
--color-border | Inactive pane borders | #585858 |
--color-normal | File entries and context lines | #d0d0d0 |
--color-muted | Divider lines and status bar | #585858 |
--color-selected-fg | Selected file text | #ffffaf |
--color-selected-bg | Selected file background | #D5895F |
--color-annotation | Annotation text and markers | #ffd700 |
--color-cursor-fg | Cursor indicator color | #bbbb44 |
--color-cursor-bg | Cursor indicator background | terminal default |
--color-add-fg | Added line text | #87d787 |
--color-add-bg | Added line background | #123800 |
--color-remove-fg | Removed line text | #ff8787 |
--color-remove-bg | Removed line background | #4D1100 |
--color-word-add-bg | Intra-line word-diff add background | auto-derived from add-bg |
--color-word-remove-bg | Intra-line word-diff remove background | auto-derived from remove-bg |
--color-modify-fg | Modified line text (collapsed mode) | #f5c542 |
--color-modify-bg | Modified line background (collapsed mode) | #3D2E00 |
--color-tree-bg | File tree pane background | terminal default |
--color-diff-bg | Diff pane background | terminal default |
--color-status-fg | Status bar foreground | #202020 |
--color-status-bg | Status bar background | #C5794F |
--color-search-fg | Search match text | #1a1a1a |
--color-search-bg | Search match background | #4a4a00 |
Dark themes: aura-theme-dark, aura-theme-dark-soft, base16-snazzy, catppuccin-frappe, catppuccin-macchiato (default), catppuccin-mocha, doom-one, doom-one2, dracula, evergarden, fruity, github-dark, gruvbox, hrdark, monokai, modus-vivendi, native, nord, nordic, onedark, paraiso-dark, rose-pine, rose-pine-moon, rrt, solarized-dark, solarized-dark256, tokyonight-moon, tokyonight-night, tokyonight-storm, vim, vulcan, witchhazel, xcode-dark
Light themes: autumn, borland, catppuccin-latte, colorful, emacs, friendly, github, gruvbox-light, igor, lovelace, manni, modus-operandi, monokailight, murphy, paraiso-light, pastie, perldoc, pygments, rainbow_dash, rose-pine-dawn, solarized-light, tango, tokyonight-day, trac, vs, xcode
Other: RPGLE, abap, algol, algol_nu, arduino, ashen, average, bw, hr_high_contrast, onesenterprise, swapoff
Examples
# review uncommitted changes
revdiff
# review changes against a branch
revdiff main
# review staged changes
revdiff --staged
# review last commit
revdiff HEAD~1
# diff between two refs
revdiff main feature
# same with git dot-dot syntax
revdiff main..feature
# review only specific files
revdiff --only=model.go --only=README.md
# browse all git-tracked files in a project
revdiff --all-files
# browse all files, excluding vendor and mocks directories
revdiff --all-files --exclude vendor --exclude mocks
# include only src/ files
revdiff --include src
# include src/ but exclude src/vendor/
revdiff --include src --exclude src/vendor
# exclude paths in normal diff mode
revdiff main --exclude vendor
# review a file outside a VCS repo (context-only, no diff markers)
revdiff --only=/tmp/plan.md
# review a file that has no VCS changes (context-only view with annotations)
revdiff --only=docs/notes.txt
# diff two arbitrary files (no VCS repo needed)
revdiff --compare-old=/tmp/plan-old.md --compare-new=docs/plans/plan.md
# review arbitrary piped text as a scratch buffer
printf '# Plan\n\nShip it\n' | revdiff --stdin --stdin-name plan.md
# capture annotations from generated output
some-command | revdiff --stdin --output /tmp/annotations.txt
# round-trip: capture, edit externally, reload
revdiff -o review.md HEAD~1
$EDITOR review.md
revdiff --annotations=review.md HEAD~1
--annotations reads the same markdown format that -o writes (see Output Format below), so any file revdiff produces can be loaded back. You can also hand-author or generate that file from any other source — each record is ## path/to/file.go:LINE (+) followed by the comment body — then step through the comments inline against the actual diff, edit or delete them in the TUI, and quit with q to write the final set to stdout (or to -o).
All-Files Mode
Use --all-files (or -A) to browse all tracked files in a project, not just files with changes. This turns revdiff into a general-purpose code annotation tool. All files are shown in context-only mode (no +/- markers) with full annotation and syntax highlighting support.
--all-files requires a git or jj repository (uses git ls-files or jj file list for file discovery) and is mutually exclusive with refs, --staged, and --only. Not supported in hg repos.
Combine with --include (or -I) to narrow to specific paths and --exclude (or -X) to filter out unwanted paths:
revdiff --all-files --include src
revdiff --all-files --include src --exclude src/vendor
revdiff --all-files --exclude vendor --exclude mocks
--include and --exclude both use prefix matching: --include src keeps only src/, src/foo.go, etc. --exclude vendor skips vendor/, vendor/foo.go, etc. Both work in --all-files and normal diff modes and are composable: include narrows first, then exclude removes from the included set.
Both options can be persisted in the config file:
include = src
exclude = vendor
exclude = mocks
Or via environment variables (comma-separated): REVDIFF_INCLUDE=src, REVDIFF_EXCLUDE=vendor,mocks.
Context-Only File Review
When --only specifies a file that has no VCS changes (or when no VCS repo exists at all), revdiff shows the file in context-only mode: all lines are displayed without +/- gutter markers, with full annotation and syntax highlighting support. This enables reviewing arbitrary files without requiring VCS context.
Two scenarios trigger this mode:
- Inside a repo (git/hg/jj) -
--onlyfiles not in the diff are read from disk and shown alongside any changed files - Outside a VCS repo -
--onlyis required; files are read directly from disk
Two-File Diff
Use --compare-old=<path> together with --compare-new=<path> to diff two arbitrary files on disk using git diff --no-index. No VCS repository is required — this works anywhere git is installed.
revdiff --compare-old=/tmp/plan-old.md --compare-new=docs/plans/plan.md
revdiff --compare-old=a.txt --compare-new=b.txt
--compare-old and --compare-new must be used together and are mutually exclusive with refs, --staged, --only, --all-files, --stdin, --include, --exclude, and --annotations. All standard diff features work: word-diff, compact mode, syntax highlighting, scrollbar, and inline annotations.
Scratch-Buffer Review
Use --stdin to review arbitrary piped or redirected text. revdiff sniffs the input for a git unified-diff signature: when a line beginning with diff --git a/ is found near the start, the input is parsed as a real multi-file diff (one tree entry per file, with +/- markers, hunk navigation, word-diff, compact mode, and per-file annotations); otherwise the input is shown as a single context-only buffer with all lines as context, supporting annotations, file-level notes, search, wrap, collapsed mode, and structured output. Any per-section parse failure falls the whole input back to raw-text mode so a malformed patch never silently drops files. Input is capped at 64 MiB.
--stdin is explicit and mutually exclusive with refs, --staged, --only, --all-files, --include, --exclude, and --annotations. stdin mode requires piped or redirected input; plain terminal stdin is rejected to avoid accidentally launching an empty scratch buffer.
Use --stdin-name to control the synthetic filename for the context-only case (it is ignored in multi-file diff mode, where the tree shows the real paths). This gives annotation output a stable key and enables filename-based syntax highlighting or markdown TOC activation:
echo "plain text" | revdiff --stdin
printf '# Plan\n\nBody\n' | revdiff --stdin --stdin-name plan.md
git show HEAD~1:README.md | revdiff --stdin --stdin-name README.md
# multi-file diff parsing — tree shows real paths, per-file annotations
gh pr diff 123 | revdiff --stdin
git format-patch -1 --stdout | revdiff --stdin
Review Description
Use --description (or --description-file=path.md) to attach prose context to a review. The text is rendered at the top of the info popup (i key), with the same markdown highlighting used for .md files in the diff view. Useful when an agent (or a script) launches revdiff on your behalf and you come back to it later — the popup tells you what the change is and why.
revdiff HEAD~3 --description="# Refactor auth middleware
Drop session-token storage to meet new compliance requirements.
See ticket SEC-441 for context."
# longer descriptions: keep the markdown in a file
revdiff HEAD~3 --description-file=.review-description.md
--description and --description-file are mutually exclusive. The description section is hidden when neither is set, so the flag is purely additive — existing invocations are unchanged.
Markdown TOC Navigation
When reviewing a single markdown file in context-only mode (e.g., revdiff --only=README.md or printf '# title\n' | revdiff --stdin --stdin-name plan.md), revdiff shows a table-of-contents pane on the left listing all markdown headers. Use Tab to switch focus between the TOC and diff panes, j/k to navigate headers, and Enter to jump to a header in the diff. The TOC automatically highlights the current section as you scroll through the file.
This mode activates when all three conditions are met: single file, markdown extension (.md/.markdown), and all lines are context (no diff changes). Headers inside fenced code blocks are excluded from the TOC.
Beyond Code Review
The --only flag enables use cases beyond VCS diffs. Any text file can be loaded for annotation — no VCS repo required.
Reviewing AI-generated drafts — When an AI assistant drafts text to be posted publicly (PR comments, issue responses, release notes), write it to a temp file and review in revdiff. Annotate specific lines with changes, the assistant reads annotations and rewrites, re-open to verify. Same annotate-fix-verify loop as code review.
Reviewing documentation and specs — Markdown files, API specs, config files, and plan documents can all be reviewed with inline annotations. Useful for reviewing RFCs, annotating configs before deployment, or marking up plans with questions.
revdiff --only=docs/plans/feature.md
revdiff --only=/tmp/draft-comment.md
Reviewing generated output — CI configs, Terraform plans, generated migrations, or command output. Load files with --only or stream ephemeral output with --stdin, annotate what needs fixing, feed annotations back to the generator.
Zed Integration
Zed's custom tasks can launch revdiff directly in an editor terminal tab.
See the Zed integration guide for ready-to-use task definitions, keybinding setup, and platform-specific clipboard notes.
Review History
When you quit with annotations (q), revdiff automatically saves a copy of the review session to ~/.config/revdiff/history/<repo-name>/<timestamp>.md. This is a safety net — if annotations are lost (process crash, agent fails to capture stdout), the history file preserves them.
Each history file contains:
- Header with path, refs, and (git only) a short commit hash
- Full annotation output (same format as stdout)
- Raw git diff for annotated files only
History auto-save is always on and silent — errors are logged to stderr, never fail the process. No history is saved on discard quit (Q) or when there are no annotations. For --stdin mode, files are saved under stdin/ subdirectory; for --only without git, the parent directory name is used instead of a repo name.
The history file is also a crash-recovery save when the process is terminated by a signal — a SIGHUP from a dropped SSH or tmux client, or a SIGTERM. On a signal exit only the history file is written, never the -o output, because a signal is not the deliberate handoff that q and O perform. Recover the annotations the usual way — load the newest history file. A signal-delivered SIGTERM previously wrote the -o output; it no longer does.
Override the history directory with --history-dir, REVDIFF_HISTORY_DIR env var, or history-dir in the config file.
In the Claude Code and Codex plugins, you can also tell the agent to use a past review by saying things like "locate my latest revdiff review" or "use the annotations from the review I just did in another terminal". The plugin reads the newest history file for the current repo via the helper script read-latest-history.sh and processes the annotations as if they had come from a fresh launcher call. This is useful for standalone revdiff runs outside the plugin, or when the live launcher output is unavailable (e.g., a broken custom launcher or a crashed agent).
Key Bindings
Navigation:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
j/k or up/down | Navigate files (tree) / scroll diff (diff pane) |
h/l | Switch between file tree and diff pane |
| left/right | Horizontal scroll in diff pane (truncated lines show « / » overflow indicators at the edges) |
Tab | Switch between file tree and diff pane |
PgDown/PgUp | Page scroll in file tree and diff pane |
Ctrl+d/Ctrl+u | Half-page scroll in file tree and diff pane |
J/K | Scroll diff viewport (works from either pane) |
Home/End | Jump to first/last item |
Enter | Switch to diff pane (tree) / start annotation (diff pane) |
n/p | Next/previous changed file; next/prev header in markdown TOC mode (n = next match when search active) |
P | Open the file picker |
[ / ] | Jump to previous/next change hunk in diff; add --cross-file-hunks to continue into the previous/next file at the boundary |
e | Open focused file in $EDITOR |
The file picker lists paths currently visible in the sidebar, so annotated-only and unreviewed-only filters remain active. Printable keys always filter full relative paths; use the arrow keys or mouse wheel to move, and press Enter or left-click to jump. Backspace edits the filter. The first Esc clears a non-empty filter and keeps the picker open; the second closes it. Because printable keys always filter, P typed inside the picker adds to the filter rather than closing it; a jump_file binding with a modifier (e.g. map alt+f jump_file) closes the picker when pressed again.
Search:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
/ | Start search in diff pane |
n | Next search match (overrides next file when search active) |
N | Previous file (previous search match when searching) |
↑ / Ctrl+P | Recall previous search query (in search prompt) |
↓ / Ctrl+N | Recall next search query / clear (in search prompt) |
Esc | Cancel search input / clear search results |
Annotations:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
a or Enter (diff pane) | Annotate current diff line |
A | Add file-level annotation (stored at top of diff) |
@ | Toggle annotation list popup (navigate and jump to any annotation) |
} / { | Jump to next/previous annotation (always crosses file boundaries; silent no-op at the first/last annotation) |
d | Delete annotation under cursor |
O | Flush annotations to the --output file without exiting (requires -o) |
Ctrl+E (during annotation input) | Open $EDITOR for multi-line annotation (open_editor — rebindable) |
Esc | Cancel annotation input |
While the annotation input is active, press Ctrl+E (or whatever key is bound to open_editor) to hand off the current text to an external editor for multi-line comments. Editor resolution: $EDITOR → $VISUAL → vi. Values with arguments work (e.g. EDITOR="code --wait"). On editor save and quit, the full file contents (including newlines) become the annotation. Quitting the editor with an empty file cancels the annotation and preserves any previously stored note on that line. Multi-line annotations are rendered line-by-line in the diff view, shown flattened in the annotation list popup (@), and emitted with embedded newlines in the structured output.
Press e in the diff pane to open the focused file in $EDITOR (open_file_in_editor — rebindable) when revdiff has a stable source path. Editor resolution is the same $EDITOR → $VISUAL → vi chain. Known editors receive either $EDITOR +N path or $EDITOR --goto path:N as appropriate; unknown editors receive only the file path. File lines are resolved on a best-effort basis. For working tree changes, a clean editor exit reloads the displayed file. For --staged or refs, a clean editor exit returns to revdiff without reloading the displayed diff. In compare mode, e opens the --compare-new side. Working tree files with line annotations cannot be opened for editing because edits can orphan those annotations. Diffs read with --stdin do not support opening files. Unsupported rows or files and editor errors show a status hint instead of launching an editor or changing the diff.
Press O to write the current annotations to the --output file without exiting (flush_output — rebindable). This keeps revdiff open while handing the file to an AI agent: annotate, flush with O, let the agent read the file and edit code, then reload with R and continue in the same session. Each flush overwrites the file with the full current annotation set (a snapshot, not an append log), using the same atomic write as a normal quit. O requires -o/--output; with no output file, or with no annotations yet, it shows a status hint and writes nothing.
One possible use is copying annotations to the terminal clipboard after every flush with OSC 52. revdiff does not include an OSC 52 helper; create an osc-copy shell script on your PATH that reads stdin and writes the clipboard sequence to /dev/tty:
#!/bin/sh
data=$(base64 | tr -d '\n')
printf '\033]52;c;%s\007' "$data" > /dev/tty
After making the script executable, run revdiff with --post-flush-command=osc-copy or set post-flush-command = osc-copy in the config file.
The post-flush command runs synchronously. Use a fast, non-interactive command because revdiff waits for it to finish before restoring the TUI.
Press Space to mark the focused file reviewed. Press F to toggle the sidebar between all files and unreviewed files; while filtered, marking a file reviewed removes it from the list and advances to the next unfinished file. On R reload, revdiff keeps the mark only when the file's effective text diff is unchanged; rebases that only shift line numbers or surrounding context keep it, while changed or removed files lose it. Binary files and opaque placeholders are conservatively unmarked on reload because their rendered diff does not expose enough content to prove they are unchanged.
View:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
v | Toggle collapsed diff mode (shows final text with change markers) |
C | Toggle compact diff view (small context around changes, re-fetches current file) |
w | Toggle word wrap (long lines wrap with ↪ continuation markers) |
t | Toggle tree/TOC pane visibility (gives diff full terminal width) |
L | Toggle line numbers (side-by-side old/new for diffs, single column for full-context files) |
B | Toggle blame gutter (author name + commit age per line) |
W | Toggle intra-line word-diff highlighting for paired add/remove lines |
. | Expand/collapse individual hunk under cursor (collapsed mode only) |
T | Open theme selector with live preview |
f | Toggle filter: all files / annotated only (shown when annotations exist) |
F | Toggle filter: all files / unreviewed only |
? | Toggle help overlay showing all keybindings |
i | Toggle info popup — review scope (mode, VCS, ref, filters, file/status counts, aggregate +/- stats) plus the commit log for the current ref range when applicable |
R | Reload diff from VCS (warns if annotations exist) |
q | Quit, output annotations to stdout |
Q | Discard all annotations and quit (confirms if annotations exist) |
Status Bar Icons
The status bar shows a fixed row of mode indicators on the right side. All slots are always rendered — active modes use the status bar foreground color, inactive modes use muted gray, so the row occupies the same width regardless of what's toggled on.
| Icon | Toggle | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
▼ | v | Collapsed diff mode |
⊂ | C | Compact diff mode (small context around changes) |
◉ | f | Filter: annotated files only |
↩ | w | Word wrap mode |
≋ | / | Search active |
⊟ | t | Tree/TOC pane hidden (diff uses full width) |
# | L | Line numbers visible in gutter |
b | B | Blame gutter visible |
± | W | Intra-line word-diff highlighting |
✓ / ○ | Space / F | Reviewed files / unreviewed-only filter active |
∅ | u | Untracked files visible in tree |
On narrow terminals, the left-hand segments are dropped before the icons: search position first, then line and hunk info, then the filename truncates. The icon row on the right stays put.
Mouse Support
revdiff enables mouse tracking by default so the scroll wheel and left-click work consistently across terminals.
- Scroll wheel: scrolls whichever pane the cursor is over. In the tree/TOC pane the wheel moves the cursor one entry per notch (matches
j/k). In the diff pane the wheel scrolls the viewport by three lines per notch — the diff cursor stays on its current logical line and is pinned to the visible edge if scrolling pushes it off-screen. During fast scrolls (a trackpad flick) the cursor highlight catches up after a brief pause once the burst settles, matching less/vim behavior. - Shift+scroll: half-page scroll in the diff pane. In the tree/TOC pane Shift+wheel behaves the same as plain wheel (one entry per notch — no page step).
- Left-click in the tree: focuses the tree and selects/loads the clicked entry (same as pressing
j/kto land there). Clicking a directory row moves the cursor but does not load a file. - Left-click in the diff: focuses the diff and moves the cursor to the clicked line. Enables a "click, then
a" annotation flow. - Left-click in the TOC pane (single-file markdown): focuses the TOC and selects the clicked header.
- Scroll wheel in overlay popups (info, annotations, themes, help): scrolls the popup content or moves its cursor. Shift+wheel uses a half-page step. In the theme selector, wheel previews each theme live.
- Left-click in the annotation popup: jumps to the clicked annotation (same as pressing
Enter). - Left-click in the theme popup: confirms the clicked theme (same as pressing
Enter). Clicks on the filter row or blank separator are ignored. - Left-click in the file picker: jumps to the clicked file (same as pressing
Enter). Clicks on the filter row or blank separator are ignored. - Scroll wheel in the file picker: moves the picker cursor. Shift+wheel uses a half-page step.
Horizontal wheel, right-click, middle-click, drag selection, and clicks on the status bar or diff header are intentionally ignored. Clicks outside an open overlay are swallowed — dismiss an overlay with Esc or its toggle key. Modal states (annotation input, search input, confirm discard, reload confirm) swallow mouse events entirely.
Text selection trade-off — once mouse tracking is on, plain drag is captured by revdiff. For terminal-native text selection:
- kitty: hold
Ctrl+Shiftwhile dragging - iTerm2: hold
Optionwhile dragging - ghostty (and ghostty-based terminals such as agterm): hold
Shiftwhile dragging. Ghostty also usesShiftto extend an existing selection, so if text is already selected the drag grows that selection instead of starting a new one - clear it first. Ghostty 1.3.0+ additionally has atoggle_mouse_reportingkeybind, unbound by default, which suspends mouse capture without restarting revdiff - most other terminals: hold
Shiftwhile dragging
Because the tree pane is rendered alongside the diff on the same rows, multi-line Shift+drag will include tree content. For clean copies of diff text, use your terminal's block-select mode (Option+drag in iTerm2, Ctrl+Shift+drag in kitty) or run with --no-mouse to disable mouse capture entirely.
Opt out with --no-mouse, REVDIFF_NO_MOUSE=true, or no-mouse = true in the config file.
Custom Keybindings
All keybindings can be customized via a keybindings file at ~/.config/revdiff/keybindings. Override the path with --keys flag or REVDIFF_KEYS env var.
The file uses a simple map/unmap format (blank lines and # comments are ignored):
# ~/.config/revdiff/keybindings
map ctrl+d half_page_down
map ctrl+u half_page_up
map x quit
unmap q
map <key> <action>— binds a key to an action (additive, defaults are kept unless explicitly unmapped)unmap <key>— removes a default binding
Generate a template with all current bindings:
mkdir -p ~/.config/revdiff
revdiff --dump-keys > ~/.config/revdiff/keybindings
Then edit to taste. Fixed modal keys (Enter, Esc in annotation/search input, confirm discard) are not remappable. Keymap-resolved actions like open_editor work during annotation input and can be rebound.
Chord bindings (ctrl/alt leader): bind a two-stage chord by joining the leader and second key with >. The leader must be a ctrl+* or alt+* combo; the second stage is any single key. Only two stages are supported.
map ctrl+w>x mark_reviewed
map alt+t>n theme_select
When the leader is pressed, the status bar shows Pending: ctrl+w, esc to cancel; press the second key to dispatch, or esc to cancel silently. Binding a key as both a standalone action and a chord prefix drops the standalone binding (the chord wins, with a warning). Chord bindings work under non-Latin keyboard layouts — the second-stage key is translated via the same layout-resolve fallback as single-key bindings. Note: chord bindings do not fire during text input (annotation and search prompts) — the leader key is consumed by the text input widget. Use single-key ctrl+* bindings for actions like open_editor that need to work during annotation input.
macOS note: alt+* leaders require your terminal to send Option as Meta/Alt. Most terminals default to "Option composes special characters" (e.g. Option+T → †), in which case Alt chords silently won't fire. To enable: iTerm2 → Profiles → Keys → Left/Right Option key → Esc+; Terminal.app → Profiles → Keyboard → Use Option as Meta key; Kitty → macos_option_as_alt yes; Ghostty → macos-option-as-alt = true. If you'd rather not touch terminal settings, use ctrl+* leaders — those work everywhere with no configuration.
Navigation: down, up, page_down, page_up, half_page_down, half_page_up, home, end, scroll_left, scroll_right, scroll_center, scroll_top, scroll_bottom, scroll_diff_down, scroll_diff_up
File/Hunk: next_item, prev_item, jump_file, next_hunk, prev_hunk, open_file_in_editor
Pane: toggle_pane, focus_tree, focus_diff
Search: search
Annotations: confirm (annotate line / select file), annotate_file, delete_annotation, annot_list, open_editor, next_annotation, prev_annotation, flush_output
View: toggle_collapsed, toggle_compact, toggle_wrap, toggle_tree, toggle_line_numbers, toggle_blame, toggle_word_diff, toggle_hunk, toggle_untracked, mark_reviewed, filter_unreviewed, theme_select, filter, info, reload
Quit: quit, discard_quit, help, dismiss
Vim-motion Preset
Opt-in vim-style motion layer activated via --vim-motion, REVDIFF_VIM_MOTION=true, or vim-motion = true in the config file. Off by default — when off, existing single-key bindings are unchanged.
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
<N>j / <N>k | Move cursor N lines down/up (diff pane, 1-9999) |
gg | Jump to first line (diff pane) |
G | Jump to last line (diff pane) |
<N>G | Goto line N (diff pane) |
H / <N>H | Cursor to top of screen / Nth line from top (diff pane) |
M | Cursor to middle of screen (diff pane) |
L / <N>L | Cursor to bottom of screen / Nth line from bottom (diff pane) |
zz | Center viewport on cursor (diff pane) |
zt | Align viewport top on cursor (diff pane) |
zb | Align viewport bottom on cursor (diff pane) |
ZZ | Quit (any pane) |
ZQ | Discard annotations and quit (any pane) |
When the preset is on, the digits 0-9 and the leader keys g, z, Z are intercepted before the regular keymap, so any standalone binding on those keys is overridden while the flag is active. <N>j/<N>k/<N>G, gg/zz/zt/zb, and the screen-position motions H/M/L apply to the diff pane only — in the file tree they fall through to the normal bindings. ZZ and ZQ work from any pane. While the preset is active L is a screen-position motion rather than the line-numbers toggle (toggle_line_numbers); remap it in the keybindings file if you need both. Press Esc to silently cancel a pending leader; an unknown second key surfaces a transient Unknown: <chord> hint in the status bar. A bare digit 0 is not consumed (falls through to whatever binding is mapped); counts over 9999 are clamped. Modal keys (search input, annotation input, overlay navigation) always take precedence over the interceptor, and ctrl+*/alt+* chord bindings keep working orthogonally.
The help overlay (?) shows a dedicated Vim motion section listing all eleven preset bindings when --vim-motion is on; when off, the section is hidden.
Output Format
## handler.go (file-level)
consider splitting this file into smaller modules
## handler.go:43 (+)
use errors.Is() instead of direct comparison
## handler.go:43-67 (+)
refactor this hunk to reduce nesting
## store.go:18 (-)
don't remove this validation
When annotation text contains the keyword "hunk" (case-insensitive, whole word), the output header automatically expands to include the full hunk line range (e.g., handler.go:43-67 (+) instead of handler.go:43 (+)). This gives AI consumers the range context without any extra steps.
Comment body lines starting with ## (the record-header form) are prefixed with a single space on output so parsers that split on ## record headers cannot confuse a multi-line comment for a new record.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
License
MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.
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usage.md
scripts/
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detect-ref.sh
launch-revdiff.sh
read-latest-history.sh
resolve-launcher.sh
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workflows/
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tasks.json
app/
annotation/
parse_test.go
parse.go
store_test.go
store.go
annotations_load_test.go
annotations_load.go
compare_test.go
compare.go
config_test.go
config.go
diff/
blame_test.go
blame.go
compare_test.go
compare.go
diff_test.go
diff.go
directory_test.go
directory.go
exclude_test.go
exclude.go
fallback_test.go
fallback.go
fingerprint_test.go
fingerprint.go
hg_e2e_test.go
hg_test.go
hg.go
hgblame_test.go
hgblame.go
include_test.go
include.go
jj_e2e_test.go
jj_test.go
jj.go
jjblame_test.go
jjblame.go
mocks/
Renderer.go
multiparse_test.go
multiparse.go
multistdin_test.go
multistdin.go
stdin.go
testdata/
binary.diff
empty.diff
gitlog_empty.txt
gitlog_many.txt
gitlog_nobody.txt
gitlog_single.txt
gitlog_tricky.txt
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@umputunFAQ
revdiff is a Claude Code plugin with 3 hand-picked skills for development work, indexed on Flowy. Install it with the command on its page. It includes revdiff-plan, revdiff, revdiff. Its skills do not fire on their own yet. Request auto-invocation to have Flowy route them as you prompt. Free and open source.
- What is revdiff?
- TUI for reviewing diffs, files, and documents with inline annotations. Outputs structured annotations to stdout on quit, making it easy to pipe results into AI agents, scripts, or other tools.
- How do I install revdiff?
- Run these in Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add umputun/revdiff then /plugin install revdiff@revdiff. Then prompt normally.
- Does revdiff auto-invoke its skills?
- Not yet. It is indexed on Flowy as a plain plugin. Request auto-invocation on its page and Flowy will route its skills for you as you prompt.
- Is revdiff free?
- Yes. Flowy is free and open source, with nothing gated. You can read every skill in full before you install.