First create a script svbdiff inside the ~/.vim/scripts/ directory that contains the following #!/bin/bash shift 5;/usr/bin/vimdiff -f "$@" and make it executable: chmod +x ~/.vim/scripts/svndiff Then create an alias in your ~/.bashrc file like: alias svndiff="svn diff --diff-cmd ~/.vim/scripts/svndiff" Now you can go to any Subversion repository and display file differences with svndiff h264.c Th