git-commit-to-html

A CLI tool to generate self-contained HTML diffs for git commits, making it easy to share and visualize code changes.

Installation

From source

git clone https://github.com/flawiddsouza/git-commit-to-html
cd git-commit-to-html
npm install -g .

From npm (global)

npm install -g git-commit-to-html

Usage

Generate diff for the last commit:

git-commit-to-html

Generate diff for a specific commit:

git-commit-to-html abc1234

Run via npx (no install)

If you prefer not to install globally, you can run it directly with npx:

npx git-commit-to-html

Run for a specific commit hash:

npx git-commit-to-html abc1234

Tips:

• Pin a version for reproducibility: npx git-commit-to-html@1
• Works inside any git repo with commits and a clean-enough working tree.

The tool will create an HTML file named commit-<hash>-diff.html in the current directory, containing a side-by-side diff view of the changes.

Static mode (no JavaScript)

Add --static to generate a fully static HTML file that includes the diff rendered server-side and contains no JavaScript. This is useful for strict environments or email attachments.

Examples:

# Last commit, fully static
git-commit-to-html --static

# Specific commit, fully static
git-commit-to-html abc1234 --static

# With npx
npx git-commit-to-html --static