[FIXED] How do I prettily print out a git-diff output?

Issue

for my upcoming Bachelor thesis, I am required to print out the git-diff output for the appendix of the paper. I really like the output of git diff --color-words, but I have absolutely no idea how to bring this - colored and with line numbers included - to a piece of paper on my Mac. I know there are tools like SourceTree, but even with those I seem not able to make a pretty print out of the single file's diffs.

Well, I am pretty sure that I cannot be the only one with this problem, and I found some suggested ansi2html solutions, but they to not seem to work with my version of git (1.7.10.2). I also thought about simply printing the Github commit page (which is really pretty and kind of looks like what I need), but the browser will automatically remove all coloring and formatting when I am trying to print it.

Thanks for your help!

Solution

Use aha. You can install it in ubuntu with sudo apt-get install aha. Also see https://github.com/theZiz/aha.

$ git diff --color-words | aha > index.html
$ firefox index.html

Firefox should then be able to print it in color. Check out aha --help for some other cool options.

Answered By - onionjake

Answer Checked By - David Goodson (PHPFixing Volunteer)