tanishqkancharla Glimpse Changes
Render a Markdown document in a native Glimpse window with syntax-highlighted code and rich diff rendering.
Usage
Pipe markdown or pass it as an argument:
cat report.md | npx glimpse-changes
npx glimpse-changes "# Title\n\nContent"
The CLI opens a Glimpse window and exits immediately.
Diff blocks
Command diffs — executed at render time, must start with git diff:
!`git diff -- path/to/file`
Full unified diffs — paste standard git diff output in a diff fenced block:
```diff
diff --git a/foo.txt b/foo.txt
--- a/foo.txt
+++ b/foo.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
context
-old
+new
```
Inline diffs — bare +/-/ prefixed lines in a diff fenced block:
```diff
-removed line
+added line
context line
```
Every non-empty line must start with +, -, or a space. Invalid lines cause an error.
For added-file snippets, you can start with +++ path/to/file.ext and keep the remaining lines prefixed with +. The renderer will synthesize a proper new-file diff so the filename and syntax highlighting are preserved.
Code blocks
Fenced code blocks with a language tag get syntax highlighting via @pierre/diffs:
```js
const x = 1;
```
Typical workflow
- Inspect changes with
git diff,git status, etc. - Write a markdown explanation of the changes.
- Pipe it to
npx glimpse-changes.
Prefer command diffs (!git diff ...``) over pasting raw diff content — they always reflect the current working tree.