diff2html

diff2html generates pretty HTML diffs from git or unified diff output.

Features

Supports git and unified diffs
Line by line and Side by side diff
New and old line numbers
Inserted and removed lines
GitHub like style
Code syntax highlight
Line similarity matching
Easy code selection

Online Example

Go to diff2html

Distributions

WebJar
Node Module
Bower Package
Node CLI
Manually download and import dist/diff2html.min.js into your page

How to use

To load correctly in the Browser you always need to include the stylesheet in the final HTML.

Import the stylesheet

<!-- CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="dist/diff2html.css">

You can also refer to it from a CDN like CDNJS.

Browser Library

Import the stylesheet and the library code

<!-- CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="dist/diff2html.css">

<!-- Javascripts -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="dist/diff2html.js"></script>

It will now be available as a global variable named Diff2Html.

var diffHtml = Diff2Html.getPrettyHtml(
  '<Unified Diff String>',
  {inputFormat: 'diff', showFiles: true, matching: 'lines', outputFormat: 'side-by-side'}
);
document.getElementById("destination-elem-id").innerHTML = diffHtml;

Node Module

let diff2html = require("diff2html").Diff2Html

Angular

Typescript

// import diff2html
import {Diff2Html} from 'diff2html'
import {Component, OnInit} from '@angular/core';


export class AppDiffComponent implements OnInit {
  outputHtml: string;
  constructor() {
    this.init();
  }

  ngOnInit() {
  }

  init() {
    let strInput = "--- a/server/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/unix/zsyscall_linux_mipsle.go\n+++ b/server/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/unix/zsyscall_linux_mipsle.go\n@@ -1035,6 +1035,17 @@ func Prctl(option int, arg2 uintptr, arg3 uintptr, arg4 uintptr, arg5 uintptr) (\n \n // THIS FILE IS GENERATED BY THE COMMAND AT THE TOP; DO NOT EDIT\n \n+func Pselect(nfd int, r *FdSet, w *FdSet, e *FdSet, timeout *Timespec, sigmask *Sigset_t) (n int, err error) {\n+\tr0, _, e1 := Syscall6(SYS_PSELECT6, uintptr(nfd), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(r)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(w)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(e)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(timeout)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(sigmask)))\n+\tn = int(r0)\n+\tif e1 != 0 {\n+\t\terr = errnoErr(e1)\n+\t}\n+\treturn\n+}\n+\n+// THIS FILE IS GENERATED BY THE COMMAND AT THE TOP; DO NOT EDIT\n+\n func read(fd int, p []byte) (n int, err error) {\n \tvar _p0 unsafe.Pointer\n \tif len(p) > 0 {\n";
    let outputHtml = Diff2Html.getPrettyHtml(strInput, {inputFormat: 'diff', showFiles: true, matching: 'lines'});
    this.outputHtml = outputHtml;
  }
}

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>diff2html</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div [innerHtml]="outputHtml"></div>
  </body>
</html>

.angular-cli.json - Add styles

"styles": [
  "diff2html.min.css"
]

Vue.js

<template>
    <div v-html="prettyHtml" />
</template>

<script>
import { Diff2Html } from "diff2html";
import "diff2html/dist/diff2html.min.css";

export default {
  data() {
    return {
      diffs: "--- a/server/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/unix/zsyscall_linux_mipsle.go\n+++ b/server/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/unix/zsyscall_linux_mipsle.go\n@@ -1035,6 +1035,17 @@ func Prctl(option int, arg2 uintptr, arg3 uintptr, arg4 uintptr, arg5 uintptr) (\n \n // THIS FILE IS GENERATED BY THE COMMAND AT THE TOP; DO NOT EDIT\n \n+func Pselect(nfd int, r *FdSet, w *FdSet, e *FdSet, timeout *Timespec, sigmask *Sigset_t) (n int, err error) {\n+\tr0, _, e1 := Syscall6(SYS_PSELECT6, uintptr(nfd), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(r)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(w)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(e)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(timeout)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(sigmask)))\n+\tn = int(r0)\n+\tif e1 != 0 {\n+\t\terr = errnoErr(e1)\n+\t}\n+\treturn\n+}\n+\n+// THIS FILE IS GENERATED BY THE COMMAND AT THE TOP; DO NOT EDIT\n+\n func read(fd int, p []byte) (n int, err error) {\n \tvar _p0 unsafe.Pointer\n \tif len(p) > 0 {\n"
    };
  },
  computed: {
    prettyHtml() {
      return Diff2Html.getPrettyHtml(this.diffs, {
          inputFormat: "diff",
          showFiles: true,
          matching: "lines",
          outputFormat: "side-by-side"
        });
    }
  }
};
</script>

API

Intermediate Json From Git Word Diff Output

getJsonFromDiff(input: string, configuration?: Options): Result[]

Pretty HTML diff

getPrettyHtml(input: any, configuration?: Options): string

Check out the typescript/diff2html.d.ts for a complete API definition in TypeScript.

Check out the docs/demo.html for a demo example.

Configuration

The HTML output accepts a Javascript object with configuration. Possible options:

inputFormat: the format of the input data: 'diff' or 'json', default is 'diff'
outputFormat: the format of the output data: 'line-by-line' or 'side-by-side', default is 'line-by-line'
showFiles: show a file list before the diff: true or false, default is false
matching: matching level: 'lines' for matching lines, 'words' for matching lines and words or 'none', default is none
matchWordsThreshold: similarity threshold for word matching, default is 0.25
matchingMaxComparisons: perform at most this much comparisons for line matching a block of changes, default is 2500
maxLineSizeInBlockForComparison: maximum number os characters of the bigger line in a block to apply comparison, default is 200
maxLineLengthHighlight: only perform diff changes highlight if lines are smaller than this, default is 10000
templates: object with previously compiled templates to replace parts of the html
rawTemplates: object with raw not compiled templates to replace parts of the html
renderNothingWhenEmpty: render nothing if the diff shows no change in its comparison: true or false, default is false

For more information regarding the possible templates look into src/templates

** Diff2HtmlUI Helper Options **

synchronisedScroll: scroll both panes in side-by-side mode: true or false, default is false

For more information regarding the possible templates look into src/templates

Diff2HtmlUI Helper

Simple wrapper to ease simple tasks in the browser such as: code highlight and js effects

Invoke Diff2html
Inject output in DOM element
Enable collapsible file summary list
Enable syntax highlight of the code in the diffs

How to use

Mandatory HTML resource imports

<!-- CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="dist/diff2html.css">

<!-- Javascripts -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="dist/diff2html.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="dist/diff2html-ui.js"></script>

Init

var diff2htmlUi = new Diff2HtmlUI({diff: diffString});
// or
var diff2htmlUi = new Diff2HtmlUI({json: diffJson});

Draw

diff2htmlUi.draw('html-target-elem', {inputFormat: 'json', showFiles: true, matching: 'lines'});

Syntax Highlight

Add the dependencies. Choose one color scheme, and add the main highlight code. Note that the stylesheet for the color scheme must come before the main diff2html stylesheet. If your favourite language is not included in the default package also add its javascript highlight file.

<!-- Stylesheet -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.13.1/styles/github.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="dist/diff2html.css">

<!-- Javascripts -->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.3/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.13.1/highlight.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.13.1/languages/scala.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="dist/diff2html-ui.js"></script>

Invoke the Diff2HtmlUI helper

$(document).ready(function() {
    var diff2htmlUi = new Diff2HtmlUI({diff: lineDiffExample});
    diff2htmlUi.draw('#line-by-line', {inputFormat: 'json', showFiles: true, matching: 'lines'});
    diff2htmlUi.highlightCode('#line-by-line');
});

Collapsable File Summary List

Add the dependencies.

<!-- Javascripts -->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.3/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="dist/diff2html-ui.js"></script>

Invoke the Diff2HtmlUI helper

$(document).ready(function() {
    var diff2htmlUi = new Diff2HtmlUI({diff: lineDiffExample});
    diff2htmlUi.draw('#line-by-line', {inputFormat: 'json', showFiles: true, matching: 'lines'});
    diff2htmlUi.fileListCloseable('#line-by-line', false);
});

Troubleshooting

1. Out of memory or Slow execution

Causes:

Big files
Big lines

Fix:

Disable the line matching algorithm, by setting the option {"matching": "none"} when invoking diff2html

Contributions

This is a developer friendly project, all the contributions are welcome. To contribute just send a pull request with your changes following the guidelines described in CONTRIBUTING.md. I will try to review them as soon as possible.

Contributors ✨

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

_{Rodrigo Fernandes} 💻	_stockmind 💻	_{Ivan Vorontsov} 💻	_{Nick Brewer} 💻	_{Matt Wade} 🐛	_{Rafael Cortês} 💻	_{Nuno Teixeira} 💻
_{Koki Oyatsu} 🐛	_{James Monger} 📖	_{Wessel van der Pal} 🛡️	_jk-kim 💻	_{Sergey Semenov} 🐛	_{Nick Mitchell} 🐛	_{Samir Aguiar} 📖
_pubkey 📖	_Илья 📖	_{Mohamed Akram} 🐛	_{Eugene Marcotte} 💻	_{Dima Sabanin} 🚧	_{Ben Abbott} 📖	_{弘树@阿里} 🐛
_{Mikko Rantanen} 🐛