Reviewing Changes

Mire normalizes Git and patch input into the same changeset model before it renders anything. Navigation, layouts, search, syntax highlighting, and JSON output therefore behave consistently across sources.

Review Git changes

Use diff for worktree, index, revision, and range comparisons:

mire diff
mire diff --staged
mire diff HEAD~3..HEAD
mire diff main...HEAD

Mire invokes Git directly without a shell. It reads the repository and Git metadata but does not edit files, stage changes, create commits, or change Git configuration.

Use show for one commit. It defaults to HEAD:

mire show
mire show HEAD~2
mire show HEAD -- crates/core

Review a patch

Open a patch saved on disk:

mire patch changes.diff

Mire also reads patch text from standard input. Since the interactive viewer needs standard input for keyboard events, piped patches produce JSON:

git diff --no-color | mire patch - > changeset.json

Redirecting output also selects JSON automatically.

Override syntax detection

Mire detects syntax from file names, extensions, and supported shebangs. Apply one language to every text file when detection is wrong:

mire diff --language typescript
mire patch changes.diff --language plain

Supported values include Rust, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, TSX, JSON, YAML, TOML, Markdown, HTML, CSS, shell, and plain text. Their common extensions and short aliases are accepted.

Select a theme

Use --theme auto, iceberg, eldritch, or catppuccin. Mire adapts each family to the terminal’s color support. Set NO_COLOR to disable color output.