Git Change Archiver v 1.0

A PowerShell script that helps you create a zip file containing changes between two Git commits. This tool is particularly useful when you need to package and share specific changes from your Git repository.

Features

• Interactive commit selection from the last 50 commits
• Flexible comparison options:
  • Compare any two commits
  • Compare a single commit with HEAD
• Customizable output:
  • Configurable output directory (defaults to patch/)
  • Custom filename support with automatic date stamping
  • Choice of line endings (LF or CRLF)
• Preserves directory structure of changed files
• UTF-8 encoding support
• Automatic cleanup of temporary files

Usage

1. Open PowerShell in your Git repository
2. Run the script:

   .\uncommited_patch_copy.ps1

3. Follow the interactive prompts:
   • Select commits by their numbers (1-50)
   • Choose output directory (optional)
   • Specify filename (optional)
   • Select line ending format

Input Options

Commit Selection

1. Select the first commit (content in this commit won't be included):

   Your selection: 3
   

2. Select the second commit:
   • Enter a number to select a specific commit
   • Press Enter to use HEAD (current state)
   • Type 'back' to reselect first commit

   Your selection: [Enter for HEAD]
   

Output Path

• Press Enter to use default (patch/)
• Or enter a custom path

Filename

• Press Enter to use default format: [oldCommit]_[newCommit]_[date].zip
• Or enter a custom filename (.zip extension will be added automatically)

Line Endings

• Press Enter or 1 for LF (Unix/Linux style)
• Enter 2 for CRLF (Windows style)

Output

The script creates a zip file containing:

• All files changed between the selected commits
• Files maintain their original repository structure
• Line endings normalized according to selection

Default output location: patch/[oldCommit]_[newCommit]_[date].zip

Example Output Structure

patch/
└── abc123_def456_20250225.zip
    ├── src/
    │   ├── components/
    │   │   └── changed-file.js
    │   └── utils/
    │       └── modified-util.js
    └── config/
        └── updated-config.json