WARNING : No longer relevant with GitHub’s built-in side-by-side diff.

Octosplit

Octosplit is a lightweight Chrome extension and Firefox add-on that provides side by side diffs and word wrapping in GitHub.

Use Octosplit Enterprise extension with your private GitHub Enterprise instance

How to use

• Install the Octosplit Chrome extension or the Firefox add-on
• Just go on a diffs page on GitHub and check the new option :

What is changed

• Original file is in the left pane with deletions,
• New file is in the right pane with additions,
• The global size of working area is increased (relative to window size).

How to install for dev

• Clone the project

Chrome

• Open Tools > Extensions menu in Chrome
• Enable developer mode
• Click on load the unpacked extension
• Select the path to your local copy of Octosplit

Firefox

• Install the Add-on SDK
• Use one of the development workflows described in the docs

Warning

This POC is currently in the very earliest stages of development.