How to use: gda HEAD~12 HEAD~4 file.zip - (All arguments are optional). Git Diff Archive Tool - small tool for archiving all changed files between two commits.

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#!/bin/sh

NOW=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S")
ZIP_FILENAME="git_diff_$NOW.zip"
FROM_SHA="HEAD~"
TO_SHA="HEAD"

FOREGROUND_COLOR="\033[0m"
GREEN_COLOR="\033[0;32m"
RED_COLOR="\033[0;31m"
YELLOW_COLOR="\033[0;33m"

# Set FROM_SHA var
if [[ -n "$1" ]]
then
FROM_SHA=$1
fi

# Set TO_SHA var
if [[ -n "$2" ]]
then
TO_SHA=$2
fi

# Set TO_SHA var
if [[ -n "$3" ]]
then
ZIP_FILENAME=$3
fi

COMMAND="git archive -9 --format zip --output $ZIP_FILENAME $TO_SHA $(git diff --name-only $FROM_SHA $TO_SHA)"

echo $"Starting ${GREEN_COLOR}Git Diff Archive Tool${FOREGROUND_COLOR}:"
echo  "Try to make ${YELLOW_COLOR}${ZIP_FILENAME}${FOREGROUND_COLOR}" \
"between ${YELLOW_COLOR}${FROM_SHA}${FOREGROUND_COLOR} and ${YELLOW_COLOR}${TO_SHA}${FOREGROUND_COLOR}..."

$($COMMAND)