diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
index 1cf283ec..51596203 100644
--- a/.gitconfig
+++ b/.gitconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     # global .gitignore
     excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
 
-
 [push]
 #   default = current
     default = simple
@@ -87,6 +86,27 @@
     branch      = magenta blink
     nobranch    = red blink
 
+# stick this in ~/.gitconfig.local if diff-so-fancy is installed
+#[core]
+#	pager = diff-so-fancy | less --tabs=4 -RFX
+
+[color "diff-highlight"]
+  oldNormal = red bold
+  oldHighlight = red bold 52
+  newNormal = green bold
+  newHighlight = green bold 22
+
+#[color "diff"]
+#  meta = 11
+#  frag = magenta bold
+#  commit = yellow bold
+#  old = red bold
+#  new = green bold
+#  whitespace = red reverse
+
+[diff-so-fancy]
+  stripLeadingSymbols = false
+
 [help]
     # dangerous this just autocorrected my git rename to git rebase, lucky it errored out...
     autocorrect = 0