Prettify json files output on git diff.

.gitattributes

*.json diff=json

.gitconfig

[core]
    attributesfile = ~/.gitattributes

[diff "json"]
    textconv = python -m json.tool

how-to-prettify_json_files_output_on_git_diff.md

Prettify json files output on git diff.

Use git diff -U50 to increase the number of lines that git shows for each file (context).

References:

• gitattributes doc
• git-config parameters explained

Use git diff -U50 to increase the number of lines that git shows for each file (context).

References:

• gitattributes doc
• git-config parameters explained

What is json.tool for those of us that don't speak python?

@rickyah http://lmgtfy.com/?q=python+json.tool