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git diff-tree — Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects. More information: <https://git-sc

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Problem

How to use the git diff-tree command: Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff-tree>.

Solution

git diff-tree — Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff-tree>.

Compare two tree objects:

git diff-tree {{tree-ish1}} {{tree-ish2}}

Show changes between two specific commits:

git diff-tree -r {{commit1}} {{commit2}}

Display changes in patch format:

git diff-tree {{[-p|--patch]}} {{tree-ish1}} {{tree-ish2}}

Filter changes by a specific path:

git diff-tree {{tree-ish1}} {{tree-ish2}} -- {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Code Snippets

Compare two tree objects

git diff-tree {{tree-ish1}} {{tree-ish2}}

Show changes between two specific commits

git diff-tree -r {{commit1}} {{commit2}}

Display changes in patch format

git diff-tree {{[-p|--patch]}} {{tree-ish1}} {{tree-ish2}}

Filter changes by a specific path

git diff-tree {{tree-ish1}} {{tree-ish2}} -- {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/git diff-tree

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