A script to make an HTML diff of two files.

diff.py

#coding: utf-8
import difflib
import sys

def make_html_diff(file1, file2, context):
    diff_filename = 'diff_' + file1 + '_' + file2 + '.html'
    with open(file1) as f1:
        with open(file2) as f2:
            with open(diff_filename, 'w') as diff:
                d = difflib.HtmlDiff(wrapcolumn=60)
                html = d.make_file(f1, f2, context=context, numlines=2)
                print context
                diff.write(html)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) < 4:
        print "Usage: diff.py file1 file2 context(=True/False)"
    else:
        file1 = sys.argv[1]
        file2 = sys.argv[2]
        context = sys.argv[3] == 'True'
        make_html_diff(file1, file2, context)