diff --git a/editor/js/ui/diff.js b/editor/js/ui/diff.js
index 68618de74..891c8cf8b 100644
--- a/editor/js/ui/diff.js
+++ b/editor/js/ui/diff.js
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ RED.diff = (function() {
                 }
                 currentBlock.end = diffLength;
                 diffBlocks.push(currentBlock);
-console.table(diffBlocks);
+                // console.table(diffBlocks);
                 var diffRow;
                 for (var b = 0; b<diffBlocks.length; b++) {
                     currentBlock = diffBlocks[b];
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ console.table(diffBlocks);
     }
 
     function createExpandLine(start,end,diffLines) {
-        diffRow = $('<tr class="node-text-diff-expand">');
+        diffRow = $('<tr class="node-text-diff-header node-text-diff-expand">');
         var content = $('<td colspan="4"> <i class="fa fa-arrows-v"></i> </td>').appendTo(diffRow);
         var label = $('<span></span>').appendTo(content);
         if (end < diffLines.length-1) {
@@ -1546,8 +1546,8 @@ console.table(diffBlocks);
         var Adiff = diffLine.a;
         var Bdiff = diffLine.b;
         //console.log(diffLine);
-        var cellNo = $("<td>").text(Adiff.type === 2?"":Adiff.i).appendTo(diffRow);
-        var cellLine = $("<td>").text(Adiff.line).appendTo(diffRow);
+        var cellNo = $('<td class="lineno">').text(Adiff.type === 2?"":Adiff.i).appendTo(diffRow);
+        var cellLine = $('<td class="linetext">').text(Adiff.line).appendTo(diffRow);
         if (Adiff.type === 2) {
             cellNo.addClass('blank');
             cellLine.addClass('blank');
@@ -1558,8 +1558,8 @@ console.table(diffBlocks);
             cellNo.addClass('removed');
             cellLine.addClass('removed');
         }
-        cellNo = $("<td>").text(Bdiff.type === 2?"":Bdiff.i).appendTo(diffRow);
-        cellLine = $("<td>").text(Bdiff.line).appendTo(diffRow);
+        cellNo = $('<td class="lineno">').text(Bdiff.type === 2?"":Bdiff.i).appendTo(diffRow);
+        cellLine = $('<td class="linetext">').text(Bdiff.line).appendTo(diffRow);
         if (Bdiff.type === 2) {
             cellNo.addClass('blank');
             cellLine.addClass('blank');
@@ -1646,13 +1646,115 @@ console.table(diffBlocks);
         return string1 === string2 ? 0 : 1;
     }
 
+    function showUnifiedDiff(diff,title) {
+        var hunks = parseUnifiedDiff(diff);
+        var trayOptions = {
+            title: title||"Compare Changes", //TODO: nls
+            width: Infinity,
+            overlay: true,
+            buttons: [
+                {
+                    text: RED._("common.label.done"),
+                    click: function() {
+                        RED.tray.close();
+                    }
+                }
+            ],
+            resize: function(dimensions) {
+                // trayWidth = dimensions.width;
+            },
+            open: function(tray) {
+                var trayBody = tray.find('.editor-tray-body');
+                var diffPanel = $('<div class="node-text-diff"></div>').appendTo(trayBody);
+
+                var codeTable = $("<table>").appendTo(diffPanel);
+                $('<colgroup><col width="50"><col width="50"><col width="100%"></colgroup>').appendTo(codeTable);
+                var codeBody = $('<tbody>').appendTo(codeTable);
+
+                for (var i=0;i<hunks.length;i++) {
+
+                    var diffRow = $('<tr class="node-text-diff-header">').appendTo(codeBody);
+                    var content = $('<td colspan="3"></td>').appendTo(diffRow);
+                    var label = $('<span></span>').text(hunks[i].header).appendTo(content);
+
+                    var localLine = hunks[i].localStartLine;
+                    var remoteLine = hunks[i].remoteStartLine;
 
 
+                    for (var j=0;j<hunks[i].lines.length;j++) {
+                        var lineText = hunks[i].lines[j];
+                        diffRow = $('<tr>').appendTo(codeBody);
+                        var localLineNo = $('<td class="lineno">').appendTo(diffRow);
+                        var remoteLineNo = $('<td class="lineno">').appendTo(diffRow);
+                        var line = $('<td class="linetext">').appendTo(diffRow);
+                        $('<span class="prefix">').text(lineText[0]).appendTo(line);
+                        $('<span>').text(lineText.substring(1)).appendTo(line);
+                        if (lineText[0] === '+') {
+                            line.addClass("added");
+                            remoteLineNo.text(remoteLine++);
+                        } else if (lineText[0] === '-') {
+                            line.addClass("removed");
+                            localLineNo.text(localLine++);
+                        } else {
+                            line.addClass("unchanged");
+                            localLineNo.text(localLine++);
+                            remoteLineNo.text(remoteLine++);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            close: function() {
+                diffVisible = false;
+
+            },
+            show: function() {
+
+            }
+        }
+        RED.tray.show(trayOptions);
+
+
+    }
+    function parseUnifiedDiff(diff) {
+        var lines = diff.split("\n");
+        var hunks = [];
+        var inHunk = false;
+        var currentHunk;
+        var hunkHeader = /^@@ -((\d+)(,(\d+))?) \+((\d+)(,(\d+))?) @@ ?(.*)$/;
+        var comment = /^\\/;
+        var localChange = /^-/;
+        var remoteChange = /^\+/;
+
+        for (var i=0;i<lines.length;i++) {
+            var hunkLine = hunkHeader.exec(lines[i]);
+            if (hunkLine) {
+                if (inHunk) {
+                    hunks.push(currentHunk);
+                }
+                currentHunk = {
+                    header: lines[i],
+                    localStartLine: hunkLine[2],
+                    localLength: hunkLine[4]||1,
+                    remoteStartLine: hunkLine[6],
+                    remoteLength: hunkLine[8]||1,
+                    lines: []
+                }
+                inHunk = true;
+            } else if (inHunk) {
+                currentHunk.lines.push(lines[i]);
+            }
+        }
+        if (currentHunk) {
+            hunks.push(currentHunk);
+        }
+        return hunks;
+    }
 
     return {
         init: init,
         getRemoteDiff: getRemoteDiff,
         showRemoteDiff: showRemoteDiff,
+        showUnifiedDiff: showUnifiedDiff,
         mergeDiff: mergeDiff
     }
 })();
diff --git a/editor/js/ui/tab-versionControl.js b/editor/js/ui/tab-versionControl.js
index 4dc68ee3c..a124f167b 100644
--- a/editor/js/ui/tab-versionControl.js
+++ b/editor/js/ui/tab-versionControl.js
@@ -41,7 +41,33 @@ RED.sidebar.versionControl = (function() {
         var label = $('<span>').appendTo(container);
 
         var bg = $('<div class="button-group"></div>').appendTo(row);
-        $('<button class="editor-button editor-button-small"><i class="fa fa-eye"></i></button>').appendTo(bg);
+        $('<button class="editor-button editor-button-small"><i class="fa fa-eye"></i></button>')
+            .appendTo(bg)
+            .click(function(evt) {
+                evt.preventDefault();
+                var activeProject = RED.projects.getActiveProject();
+                utils.sendRequest({
+                    url: "projects/"+activeProject.name+"/diff/"+(unstaged?"tree":"index")+"/"+encodeURIComponent(entry.file),
+                    type: "GET",
+                    responses: {
+                        0: function(error) {
+                            console.log(error);
+                            // done(error,null);
+                        },
+                        200: function(data) {
+                            RED.diff.showUnifiedDiff(data.diff,(unstaged?"Unstaged":"Staged")+" changes : "+entry.file);
+                            // console.log(data.diff);
+                        },
+                        400: {
+                            'unexpected_error': function(error) {
+                                console.log(error);
+                                // done(error,null);
+                            }
+                        },
+                    }
+                })
+
+            })
         $('<button class="editor-button editor-button-small"><i class="fa fa-'+(unstaged?"plus":"minus")+'"></i></button>')
             .appendTo(bg)
             .click(function(evt) {
diff --git a/editor/sass/diff.scss b/editor/sass/diff.scss
index 78f5e9174..388b8b7b3 100644
--- a/editor/sass/diff.scss
+++ b/editor/sass/diff.scss
@@ -561,18 +561,24 @@
         vertical-align: top;
         word-wrap: break-word;
     }
-    td:nth-child(odd) {
+    td.lineno {
         text-align: right;
         color: #999;
         background: #fafafa;
         padding: 1px 5px;
     }
-    td:nth-child(3) {
+    td.lineno:nth-child(3) {
         border-left: 1px solid $secondary-border-color;
     }
-    td:nth-child(even) {
+    td.linetext {
         white-space: pre-wrap;
         padding: 1px 5px;
+        span.prefix {
+            width: 30px;
+            display: inline-block;
+            text-align: center;
+            color: #999;
+        }
     }
     td.blank {
         background: #f6f6f6;
@@ -583,21 +589,28 @@
     td.removed {
         background: #fadddd;
     }
+    td.unchanged {
+        color: #999;
+    }
     tr.unchanged {
         background: #fefefe;
     }
     tr.start-block {
-        border-top: 1px solid #f3f3f3;
+        border-top: 1px solid #f0f0f0;
     }
     tr.end-block {
-        border-bottom: 1px solid #f3f3f3;
+        border-bottom: 1px solid #f0f0f0;
     }
-    tr.node-text-diff-expand td {
+    tr.node-text-diff-header td {
         text-align: left;
         color: #999;
         background: #ffd;
+        height: 30px;
+        vertical-align: middle;
+    }
+    tr.node-text-diff-expand td {
+        cursor: pointer;
         &:hover {
-            cursor: pointer;
             background: #ffc;
         }
     }
diff --git a/red/api/editor/projects/index.js b/red/api/editor/projects/index.js
index 8792fe682..474ee39bd 100644
--- a/red/api/editor/projects/index.js
+++ b/red/api/editor/projects/index.js
@@ -188,6 +188,21 @@ module.exports = {
             })
         });
 
+        app.get(/([^\/]+)\/diff\/([^\/]+)\/(.+)$/, function(req,res) {
+            var projectName = req.params[0];
+            var type = req.params[1];
+            var file = req.params[2];
+            runtime.storage.projects.getFileDiff(projectName,file,type).then(function(data) {
+                res.json({
+                    diff: data
+                })
+            })
+            .catch(function(err) {
+                console.log(err.stack);
+                res.status(400).json({error:"unexpected_error", message:err.toString()});
+            })
+        });
+
         app.get(new RegExp("/([^\/]+)\/files\/(.*)"), function(req,res) {
             // Get project file
         });
diff --git a/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/git/index.js b/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/git/index.js
index ce8a663dc..00aecf1f7 100644
--- a/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/git/index.js
+++ b/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/git/index.js
@@ -209,5 +209,15 @@ module.exports = {
     commit: function(cwd, message) {
         var args = ["commit","-m",message];
         return runCommand(gitCommand,args,cwd);
+    },
+    getFileDiff(cwd,file,type) {
+        var args = ["diff"];
+        if (type === "tree") {
+            // nothing else to do
+        } else if (type === "index") {
+            args.push("--cached");
+        }
+        args.push(file);
+        return runCommand(gitCommand,args,cwd);
     }
 }
diff --git a/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/index.js b/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/index.js
index be09ab891..096f2d5b9 100644
--- a/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/index.js
+++ b/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/index.js
@@ -351,6 +351,10 @@ function commit(project,options) {
     var projectPath = fspath.join(projectsDir,project);
     return gitTools.commit(projectPath,options.message);
 }
+function getFileDiff(project,file,type) {
+    var projectPath = fspath.join(projectsDir,project);
+    return gitTools.getFileDiff(projectPath,file,type);
+}
 function getFile(project,path) {
 
 }
@@ -507,6 +511,7 @@ module.exports = {
     stageFile: stageFile,
     unstageFile: unstageFile,
     commit: commit,
+    getFileDiff: getFileDiff,
 
     getFlows: getFlows,
     saveFlows: saveFlows,