# Difftastic 0.68.0

- Product: Difftastic (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/difftastic)
- Vendor: Wilfred Hughes
- Date: 2026-03-16
- Version: 0.68.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/releases/tag/0.68.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/difftastic/releases/0.68.0

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- **fixed** — Fix git with difftastic terminating with fatal: external diff died when there was an unmerged path
- **changed** — Update Bash, C, Go, Lua, Nix, Perl, Python, Rust, Scala, Swift and YAML parsers
- **fixed** — Fix parsing of raw string literals in Rust
- **changed** — Require Rust 1.77 or later to build
- **changed** — Remove jemalloc from all Windows builds instead of only MSVC builds
- **changed** — Improve error reporting when invoked with an invalid number of arguments
- **fixed** — Fix inline display not always respecting the value of --context
- **fixed** — Fix side-by-side rendering when files contain tabs

Difftastic is a structural diff tool that understands syntax. See [the manual](https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/) to get started, and [the changelog](https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) for historical changes.

###### Git Support

Fixed an issue where git with difftastic would terminate with `fatal: external diff died` when there was an unmerged path.

###### Parsing

Updated Bash, C, Go, Lua, Nix, Perl, Python, Rust, Scala, Swift and YAML parsers.

Fixed an issue with parsing raw string literals in Rust.

###### Build

Difftastic now requires Rust 1.77 or later to build.

Difftastic no longer uses jemalloc on any Windows builds. Previously jemalloc was only disabled for MSVC.

###### Command Line Interface

Improved error reporting when invoked with an invalid number of arguments.

###### Display

Fixed an issue with inline display where it didn't always respect the value of --context.

Fixed an issue with side-by-side rendering when files contain tabs.