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There are numerous GUI diff tools, such as meld, kdiff3, kompare and others. However, it seems that all of these expect to get the input files and compare them, rather than allowing you to supply your own difference, from another source, and displaying that.

Are there diff viewers which accept .diff outputs of the actual diff utility?

Requirements:

  • GUI (not text mode)
  • OS: supports GNU/Linux
  • Gratis
  • Free software
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  • I'm not sure what you want - Do you only have the diff file? The diff + the original? – Michael Kohne Jan 28 '16 at 14:56
  • @MichaelKohne: For the sake of discussion, I have just the diff file. – einpoklum Jan 28 '16 at 16:49
  • Although I might also have one of the versions, and the diff, but not the other one. It's just not what I asked about. – einpoklum Jan 28 '16 at 16:50
  • I've never actually seen such a tool. If you have the original and the diff, then you could apply the diff (using patch), and then use a visual diffing tool to compare the before and after versions. FAR from ideal, I agree. – Michael Kohne Jan 28 '16 at 17:34
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It's not great, but if you use an editor with syntax coloring, you could at least make the diffs EASIER to read. This is what Notepad++ produces on Windows, as an example of what's possible:

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  • It's not that I don't appreciate the suggestion, but obviously an editor is what I've been doing for lack of a more appropriate tool. (Well, either that or colordiff). – einpoklum Jan 28 '16 at 17:43

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