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+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xsl, perl, w3m, xmlto }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "colordiff";
+  version = "1.0.19";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "daveewart";
+    repo = "colordiff";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1v7s1yn0qvn08iwm5js8mxn442392qyr7s9ij506byfd497ag7qk";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ docbook_xml_dtd_412 docbook_xsl perl w3m xmlto ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace 'TMPDIR=colordiff-''${VERSION}' ""
+  '';
+
+  installFlags = [
+    "INSTALL_DIR=/bin"
+    "MAN_DIR=/share/man/man1"
+    "DESTDIR=${placeholder "out"}"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Wrapper for 'diff' that produces the same output but with pretty 'syntax' highlighting";
+    homepage = "https://www.colordiff.org/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+  };
+}