jhofman · January 28, 2016 20:23
diff --git a/track_changes.sh b/track_changes.sh
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 # script to show word-style "track changes" from a previous git revision
 #

 if [ $# -lt 2 ]
 then
    echo "usage: $0 <rev> <maintex>"
    echo "  rev is the prefix of a git revision hash"
    echo "  see 'git log' for revision hashes"
    echo
    echo "  mainttex is the main source file for pdflatex, e.g. main.tex"
    echo "  supports flattening of \input-ed tex from main source"
    echo
    echo "  output is in <rev>/changes.pdf"
    exit 1
 fi

 # get the path of the current directory relative to the git root
 # http://stackoverflow.com/a/16951268/76259
 rel_path=`dirname $(git ls-tree --full-name --name-only HEAD main.tex)`

 # get the revision to compare to
 rev=$1
 [ -d $rev ] || mkdir $rev

 # get the name of the main tex file
 maintex=$2
 # pull old versions of .tex files
 sections=`grep -i input $maintex | awk -F'[{}]' '{print $2}'`
 for section in $maintex $sections
 do
    if echo $section | grep -qv '.tex$'
 	then
 	section=${section}.tex
    fi
    git show $rev:$rel_path/$section > $rev/$section
 done

 cd $rev

 # symlink supporting files
 for f in figures *.cls *.bib *.sty *.bst
 do
    ln -s ../$f .
 done

 # generate diff with latexdiff, clean up, and produce pdf
 latexdiff --flatten $maintex ../$maintex > changes.tex
 dos2unix changes.tex
 grep -v '^$' changes.tex > tmp
 mv tmp changes.tex
 pdflatex changes.tex
	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# script to show word-style "track changes" from a previous git revision
	#

	if [ $# -lt 2 ]
	then
	echo "usage: $0 <rev> <maintex>"
	echo " rev is the prefix of a git revision hash"
	echo " see 'git log' for revision hashes"
	echo
	echo " mainttex is the main source file for pdflatex, e.g. main.tex"
	echo " supports flattening of \input-ed tex from main source"
	echo
	echo " output is in <rev>/changes.pdf"
	exit 1
	fi

	# get the path of the current directory relative to the git root
	# http://stackoverflow.com/a/16951268/76259
	rel_path=`dirname $(git ls-tree --full-name --name-only HEAD main.tex)`

	# get the revision to compare to
	rev=$1
	[ -d $rev ] \|\| mkdir $rev

	# get the name of the main tex file
	maintex=$2
	# pull old versions of .tex files
	sections=`grep -i input $maintex \| awk -F'[{}]' '{print $2}'`
	for section in $maintex $sections
	do
	if echo $section \| grep -qv '.tex$'
	then
	section=${section}.tex
	fi
	git show $rev:$rel_path/$section > $rev/$section
	done

	cd $rev

	# symlink supporting files
	for f in figures .cls .bib .sty .bst
	do
	ln -s ../$f .
	done

	# generate diff with latexdiff, clean up, and produce pdf
	latexdiff --flatten $maintex ../$maintex > changes.tex
	dos2unix changes.tex
	grep -v '^$' changes.tex > tmp
	mv tmp changes.tex
	pdflatex changes.tex