Generate a MP4 Video for your Git project commits using Gource!

gource.sh

# https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource
# 1.install gource using HomeBrew
$ brew install gource

# 2.install avconv
git clone git://git.libav.org/libav.git
cd libav
# it will take 3-5 minutes to complie, be patient.
./configure --disable-yasm
make && make install

# 3.generate a video for you repo.
$ cd your_repo_dir
$ gource \
    -s .06 \
    -800x800 \
    --auto-skip-seconds .1 \
    --multi-sampling \
    --highlight-users \
    --hide mouse,progress,filenames,dirnames,users,usernames \
    --file-idle-time 0 \
    --max-files 0  \
    --background-colour 000000 \
    --font-size 22 \
    --output-ppm-stream - \
    --output-framerate 30 \
    --dir-name-depth 9999 \
    | avconv -y -r 30 -f image2pipe -vcodec ppm -i - -b 65536K movie.mp4

# generate a gif
$ gource \
    -s .06 \
    -500x500 \
    --auto-skip-seconds .1 \
    --multi-sampling \
    --stop-at-end \
    --start-date '2016-03-01' \
    --hide date,mouse,progress,filenames,dirnames,users,usernames \
    --file-idle-time 0 \
    --max-files 0  \
    --background-colour 000000 \
    --font-size 22 \
    --output-ppm-stream - \
    --output-framerate 30 \
    --dir-name-depth 9999 \
| ffmpeg -y -r 60 -f image2pipe -vcodec ppm -i - -vcodec libx264 -preset ultrafast -pix_fmt yuv420p -crf 1 -threads 0 -bf 0 input.mp4
# convert the video to individual frames
$ mkdir frames
$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf scale=400:-1:flags=lanczos,fps=10 frames/ffout%03d.png
$ convert -loop 0 frames/ffout*.png output.gif
# remove the folder of frames
$ rm -rf frames

# presentation DOE

$ gource \
    -s .06 \
    -500x500 \
    --auto-skip-seconds .1 \
    --multi-sampling \
    --stop-date '2014-10-15' \
    --highlight-users \
    --hide mouse,progress,filenames,dirnames,users,usernames \
    --file-idle-time 0 \
    --max-files 0  \
    --background-colour 000000 \
    --font-size 22 \
    --output-ppm-stream - \
    --output-framerate 30 \
    --dir-name-depth 9999 \
    | avconv -y -r 30 -f image2pipe -vcodec ppm -i - -b 65536K movie.mp4

$ gource \
    --disable-auto-skip \
    -500x500 \
    --seconds-per-day 1 \
    --c 4.0 \
    --multi-sampling \
    --stop-at-end \
    --highlight-users \
    --hide mouse,progress,filenames,dirnames,users,usernames \
    --file-idle-time 0 \
    --max-files 0  \
    --font-size 22 \
    --background-colour 000000 \
    --output-ppm-stream - \
    --output-framerate 30 \
    --dir-name-depth 9999 \
    | avconv -y -r 30 -f image2pipe -vcodec ppm -i - -b 65536K movie.mp4

# convert the video to individual frames
$ mkdir frames
$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf scale=400:-1:flags=lanczos,fps=10 frames/ffout%03d.png
$ convert -loop 0 frames/ffout*.png output.gif
# remove the folder of frames
$ rm -rf frames


# video for leaddbs/pacer
$ gource \
    -s .06 \
    -1280x720 \
    --auto-skip-seconds .1 \
    --multi-sampling \
    --highlight-users \
    --hide mouse,progress,filenames \
    --file-idle-time 0 \
    --max-files 0  \
    --background-colour 000000 \
    --font-size 22 \
    --output-ppm-stream - \
    --output-framerate 30 \
    --dir-name-depth 9999 \
    | avconv -y -r 30 -f image2pipe -vcodec ppm -i - -b 65536K movie.mp4

# gif for leaddbs/pacer
 gource \
    -s .06 \
    -500x500 \
    --auto-skip-seconds .1 \
    --multi-sampling \
    --stop-at-end \
    --hide date,mouse,progress,filenames,dirnames,users,usernames \
    --file-idle-time 0 \
    --max-files 0  \
    --background-colour 000000 \
    --font-size 22 \
    --output-ppm-stream - \
    --output-framerate 30 \
    --dir-name-depth 9999 \
| ffmpeg -y -r 60 -f image2pipe -vcodec ppm -i - -vcodec libx264 -preset ultrafast -pix_fmt yuv420p -crf 1 -threads 0 -bf 0 input.mp4
# convert the video to individual frames
$ mkdir frames && ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf scale=400:-1:flags=lanczos,fps=10 frames/ffout%03d.png
$ convert -loop 0 frames/ffout*.png output.gif
# remove the folder of frames
$ rm -rf frames

# It's Done!  Just share the video with your teammates, Have fun!