Release / 2024-03-16

delta 0.17.0

Get the right colors on light and dark terminals without setting `--light` or `--dark`.

What changed in 0.17.0

delta detects whether the terminal background is light or dark unless `--light` or `--dark` is given. Grep output file names are parsed from color escape sequences, and `default-language` is honored.

Also: A subcommand to generate shell completions; new themes.

0.17.0.

Fixed and improved

Detects a light or dark terminal background automatically; `--light`/`--dark` still override it. `default-language` sets the language for files without a suffix.

ImprovedRead git diffs with syntax highlighting and word-level highlighting of what changed in each line.

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File names in grep output (`git grep`, `grep`) are now parsed without ambiguity, using the color escape sequences.

Now worksHighlight `git blame` output and grep results from `rg`, `git grep` and `grep`.

Read the evidence

dandavison/delta/pull/1634

Seeded by @iluxav with Claude Code (canido), from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.