Show recent Git commits with full diffs, metadata, and changed files. Outputs colorized terminal view and copies plain text to clipboard.

git-show-commits.py

import sys
import subprocess
import argparse
from datetime import datetime
import pyperclip  # You might need to: pip install pyperclip

def run_git_command(command):
    try:
        return subprocess.check_output(command, shell=True).decode('utf-8')
    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
        print(f"Error executing git command: {e}")
        sys.exit(1)

def format_commit_info(commit_hash, author, date, message, files, diff):
    # Convert Unix timestamp to readable date
    commit_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(date)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
    
    # Create both a colored version (for terminal) and a plain version (for clipboard)
    colored_output = f"""
{'='* 80}
Commit: {commit_hash}
Author: {author}
Date: {commit_date}

Message:
{message}

Files changed:
{files}

Diff:
{diff}
"""
    # For clipboard, use the non-colored version of diff
    plain_diff = run_git_command(f'git show -p --format="" --color=never {commit_hash}').strip()
    plain_output = f"""
{'='* 80}
Commit: {commit_hash}
Author: {author}
Date: {commit_date}

Message:
{message}

Files changed:
{files}

Diff:
{plain_diff}
"""
    return colored_output, plain_output

def get_last_n_commits(num_commits):
    # Get the last n commit hashes
    commits = run_git_command(f'git log --pretty=format:"%H" -n {num_commits}').strip().split('\n')
    
    # Store all outputs
    all_colored_outputs = []
    all_plain_outputs = []
    
    for commit in commits:
        # Get commit details
        author = run_git_command(f'git show -s --format="%an <%ae>" {commit}').strip()
        date = run_git_command(f'git show -s --format="%ct" {commit}').strip()
        message = run_git_command(f'git show -s --format="%B" {commit}').strip()
        
        # Get changed files with status
        files = run_git_command(f'git show --stat --format="" {commit}').strip()
        
        # Get the actual diff (with colors for terminal)
        diff = run_git_command(f'git show -p --format="" --color=always {commit}').strip()
        
        # Get both versions of the output
        colored, plain = format_commit_info(commit, author, date, message, files, diff)
        all_colored_outputs.append(colored)
        all_plain_outputs.append(plain)
        
        # Print the colored version to terminal
        print(colored)
    
    # Return plain text version for clipboard
    return "\n".join(all_plain_outputs)

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Show the last n commits in detail')
    parser.add_argument('-n', '--num', 
                       type=int, 
                       default=3,
                       help='Number of commits to show (default: 3)')
    parser.add_argument('--no-copy', 
                       action='store_true',
                       help='Do not copy to clipboard')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    try:
        # Verify we're in a git repository
        run_git_command('git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree')
        
        # Get commits and copy to clipboard
        plain_output = get_last_n_commits(args.num)
        
        if not args.no_copy:
            pyperclip.copy(plain_output)
            print("\nOutput has been copied to clipboard!")
            
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}")
        sys.exit(1)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()