Diff last couple of things in the kill ring

diff-last-two-kills.el

(defun diff-last-two-kills (&optional ediff?)
  "Diff last couple of things in the kill-ring. With prefix open ediff."
  (interactive "P")
  (let* ((old "/tmp/old-kill")
         (new "/tmp/new-kill")
         (prev-ediff-quit-hook ediff-quit-hook))
    (cl-flet ((kill-temps
               ()
               (dolist (f (list old new))
                 (kill-buffer (find-buffer-visiting f)))
               (setq ediff-quit-hook prev-ediff-quit-hook)))
      (with-temp-file new
        (insert (current-kill 0 t)))
      (with-temp-file old
        (insert (current-kill 1 t)))
      (if ediff?
          (progn
            (add-hook 'ediff-quit-hook #'kill-temps)
            (ediff old new))
        (diff old new "-u" t)))))

Hmm... I haven't encountered that. Maybe it just needs (require 'ediff)?

Yeah, require would help, I just don't like requiring too much on startup. :-)