How to get git diff with full context using gitpython

Question

I want to get the changes to a file in a git repository using the gitpython library. I'm using repo.git.diff(commit_a, commit_b, file_path) for that. But I need to increase the context of the diff similar to the -U argument. How can I do this using the library?

Answer 1

I solved it using subprocess at the end, like this: subprocess.check_output(['git', 'diff', '-U500', commit_a, commit_b, file_path], cwd=project_dir).