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git range-diff — Compare two commit ranges (e.g. two versions of a branch). More information: <https://git-scm.com/do

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Problem

How to use the git range-diff command: Compare two commit ranges (e.g. two versions of a branch). More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-range-diff>.

Solution

git range-diff — Compare two commit ranges (e.g. two versions of a branch). More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-range-diff>.

Diff the changes of two individual commits:

git range-diff {{commit_1}}^! {{commit_2}}^!

Diff the changes of ours and theirs from their common ancestor, e.g. after an interactive rebase:

git range-diff {{theirs}}...{{ours}}

Diff the changes of two commit ranges, e.g. to check whether conflicts have been resolved appropriately when rebasing commits from base1 to base2:

git range-diff {{base1}}..{{rev1}} {{base2}}..{{rev2}}

Code Snippets

Diff the changes of two individual commits

git range-diff {{commit_1}}^! {{commit_2}}^!

Diff the changes of ours and theirs from their common ancestor, e.g. after an interactive rebase

git range-diff {{theirs}}...{{ours}}

Diff the changes of two commit ranges, e.g. to check whether conflicts have been resolved appropriately when rebasing commits from `base1` to `base2`

git range-diff {{base1}}..{{rev1}} {{base2}}..{{rev2}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/git range-diff

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