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Re: How to compare different files in different branches

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NSNico -telmich- Schottelius <nico-git-20080606@schottelius.org>
Date
Jun 8, 2008, 09:47 UTC
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Thank you all for your fast answers!

I must confess I've overseen -M, as I saw --no-renames and searched for --renames.

Teemu Likonen [Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 03:35:39PM +0300]:
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> Nico -telmich- Schottelius wrote (2008-06-06 14:24 +0200):
> [...]
> In general form it means:
> 
>   $ git diff <commit1>:<path1> <commit2>:<path2>
> [...]

Very nice syntax, somehow guessed that this is available, but didn't try... my fault. 

Perhaps we should reference git-rev-list(1) from git-diff(1), too?
Sincerly
Nico
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  2. Jonathan del StrotherJun 6, 2008
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  5. Teemu LikonenJun 6, 2008
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  7. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2008
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