How can I convert the output of `git diff --color-words` to HTML?

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For working with text that is prose, stored in plain text, I really like the output of git diff --color-words, but I don't like the way it is dependent on ANSI terminal escape sequences. I'd like to get output that I can use to turn into HTML, some kind of user-friendly raw character display, or to generate statistics on the differences between the two files.

I prefer Perl (including CPAN), but would settle for pretty much anything.

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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This question asks about converting ANSI escape sequences into HTML color directives, and the accepted answer is a link to the Perl module HTML::FromANSI, in CPAN.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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this seems like a bit of a dirty hack, but it'll do if git, perl and the distributed lib are requirements for my end users – singingfish Sep 15 '09 at 09:35

How can I convert the output of `git diff --color-words` to HTML?

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