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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+RESET_FORMAT = '\033[0m'
+COLOR_FORMAT = '\033[38;5;%um'
+BEGIN_REVERSE_FORMAT = '\033[7m'
+END_REVERSE_FORMAT = '\033[27m'
+
+INDEX_COLOR = 32
+REMOVED_COLOR = 203
+ADDED_COLOR = 2
+
+prefixes_to_invert = ['---', '+++', '-', '+']
+
+import sys
+import fileinput
+
+for line in fileinput.input():
+	if line.startswith('Index: ') or line.startswith('diff --git '):
+		color = INDEX_COLOR
+	elif line.startswith('-'):
+		color = REMOVED_COLOR
+	elif line.startswith('+'):
+		color = ADDED_COLOR
+	else:
+		color = None
+
+	if color is not None:
+		sys.stdout.write(COLOR_FORMAT % (color,))
+		for prefix in prefixes_to_invert:
+			if line.startswith(prefix):
+				sys.stdout.write(BEGIN_REVERSE_FORMAT)
+				sys.stdout.write(prefix)
+				sys.stdout.write(END_REVERSE_FORMAT)
+				line = line[len(prefix):]
+				break
+	else:
+		sys.stdout.write(RESET_FORMAT)
+
+	sys.stdout.write(line)
+
+print RESET_FORMAT