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The previous commit introduced ---merge-base a way to take the diff between the working tree or index and the merge base between an arbitrary commit and HEAD. It makes sense to extend this option to support the case where two commits are given too and behave in a manner identical to `git diff A...B`. Introduce the --merge-base flag as an alternative to triple-dot notation. Thus, we would be able to write the above as `git diff --merge-base A B`. Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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git-diff-tree(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-diff-tree - Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--no-commit-id] [--pretty]
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[-t] [-r] [-c | --cc] [--combined-all-paths] [--root] [--merge-base]
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[<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...]
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DESCRIPTION
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Compares the content and mode of the blobs found via two tree objects.
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If there is only one <tree-ish> given, the commit is compared with its parents
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(see --stdin below).
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Note that 'git diff-tree' can use the tree encapsulated in a commit object.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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include::diff-options.txt[]
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<tree-ish>::
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The id of a tree object.
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<path>...::
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If provided, the results are limited to a subset of files
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matching one of the provided pathspecs.
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-r::
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recurse into sub-trees
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-t::
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show tree entry itself as well as subtrees. Implies -r.
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--root::
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When `--root` is specified the initial commit will be shown as a big
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creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against the NULL tree.
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--merge-base::
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Instead of comparing the <tree-ish>s directly, use the merge
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base between the two <tree-ish>s as the "before" side. There
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must be two <tree-ish>s given and they must both be commits.
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--stdin::
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When `--stdin` is specified, the command does not take
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<tree-ish> arguments from the command line. Instead, it
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reads lines containing either two <tree>, one <commit>, or a
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list of <commit> from its standard input. (Use a single space
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as separator.)
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When two trees are given, it compares the first tree with the second.
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When a single commit is given, it compares the commit with its
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parents. The remaining commits, when given, are used as if they are
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parents of the first commit.
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+
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When comparing two trees, the ID of both trees (separated by a space
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and terminated by a newline) is printed before the difference. When
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comparing commits, the ID of the first (or only) commit, followed by a
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newline, is printed.
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+
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The following flags further affect the behavior when comparing
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commits (but not trees).
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-m::
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By default, 'git diff-tree --stdin' does not show
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differences for merge commits. With this flag, it shows
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differences to that commit from all of its parents. See
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also `-c`.
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-s::
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By default, 'git diff-tree --stdin' shows differences,
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either in machine-readable form (without `-p`) or in patch
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form (with `-p`). This output can be suppressed. It is
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only useful with `-v` flag.
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-v::
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This flag causes 'git diff-tree --stdin' to also show
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the commit message before the differences.
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include::pretty-options.txt[]
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--no-commit-id::
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'git diff-tree' outputs a line with the commit ID when
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applicable. This flag suppressed the commit ID output.
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-c::
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This flag changes the way a merge commit is displayed
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(which means it is useful only when the command is given
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one <tree-ish>, or `--stdin`). It shows the differences
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from each of the parents to the merge result simultaneously
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instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent and the
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result one at a time (which is what the `-m` option does).
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Furthermore, it lists only files which were modified
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from all parents.
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--cc::
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This flag changes the way a merge commit patch is displayed,
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in a similar way to the `-c` option. It implies the `-c`
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and `-p` options and further compresses the patch output
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by omitting uninteresting hunks whose the contents in the parents
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have only two variants and the merge result picks one of them
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without modification. When all hunks are uninteresting, the commit
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itself and the commit log message is not shown, just like in any other
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"empty diff" case.
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--combined-all-paths::
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This flag causes combined diffs (used for merge commits) to
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list the name of the file from all parents. It thus only has
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effect when -c or --cc are specified, and is likely only
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useful if filename changes are detected (i.e. when either
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rename or copy detection have been requested).
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--always::
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Show the commit itself and the commit log message even
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if the diff itself is empty.
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include::pretty-formats.txt[]
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include::diff-format.txt[]
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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