Git custom command to serve a repo over http. Presents a web interface to browse the repo, history, tags and branches, and to view file diffs.

On linux should be enough to copy it on PATH, without .py, and to make it executable

cp git-serve.py /usr/local/bin/git-serve
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/git-serve

On windows use PyInstaller to make a one-file executable, then copy it on PATH

PyInstaller -F git-serve.py
copy dist\git-serve.exe c:\windows

markdown to display README.md as home page, if present in repo

pip install markdown

pygments to display syntax hilight when display files content

pip install pygments

git-serve.py [-h] [--no-gravatar] [port]

Serve current git repo via web

positional arguments:
  port           webserver port (default: 8001)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  --no-gravatar  disable commit avatars

The current repo will be avaiable at http://[your ip]:[port]/