copy-paste-diff

See exactly what changed when you paste. Review pasted content with a side-by-side diff view before confirming changes.

Demo

Quick Start

Press Ctrl+Alt+V (or Cmd+Alt+V on macOS) to paste with diff view. The extension shows a side-by-side comparison of your file before and after the paste.

Features

• ✅ Manual diff paste - Press Ctrl+Alt+V / Cmd+Alt+V to paste and see changes
• ✅ Smart detection - Automatically skips diff when only whitespace/indentation changed
• ✅ Native VS Code diff - Uses built-in diff viewer with proper syntax highlighting
• ✅ Optional auto mode - Enable automatic diff for large pastes via Ctrl+V (see Settings)

Settings

• diffPaste.enablePasteOverride (default: false)

  • Enable to automatically show diff when using normal Paste (Ctrl+V/Cmd+V) for large text blocks

• diffPaste.minPasteSize (default: 100)

  • Minimum characters to trigger diff in automatic mode

License

MIT © dev-jonathan

repo: https://github.com/dev-jonathan/copy-paste-diff