Latexdiff-git is a tool to help run latexdiff on all .tex files in a git repository across different commits or branches. It is a wrapper around latexdiff and git.
latexdiff-git runs latexdiff between all .tex files in the current repository and the same files one commit previous. By default, latexdiff-git overwrites files with their diff'ed version, but this behaviour can be modified with the --outdir <DIR> option. I find this very helpful for ensuring that all differences are resolved before committing a new version.
latexdiff-git works with \include, \input, and \subfiles! This is because latexdiff-git does not use the --flatten arg to latexdiff, but instead runs latexdiff on each individual file!
Copy latexdiff-git somewhere on your system:
cp latexdiff-git ~/.bin
And ensure that location is in your PATH:
export PATH=~/.bin:$PATH
Add the above line to your bashrc to ensure it is always avilable.
Simply run latexdiff-git in a directory under git source control.
latexdiff-git
By default, latexdiff-git generates a diff between all .tex files in the current directory (including subdirectories), and the second most recent commit HEAD~1. To compare to a different commit, or branch, use latexdiff-git COMMIT
For help, use -h or --help
latexdiff-git -h
See CHANGELOG
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git-latexdiff automaticaly generates a diff'ed PDF between commits, and is very useful for quickly visualizing changes in
.texfiles between commits. However, if you're interested in combing through those diff's one by one in the.tex, it falls short. Not only does git-latexdiff flatten all source files into one big diff, but it also generates the diff in a temp directory. Personally, I prefer the diff files to overwrite my current files, which makes it far easier to find and resolve all the diffs.