From: Alexey Shumkin <alex.crezoff@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:59:43 GMT
Subject: Re: Q: "git diff" using tag names
Message-ID: <20111028165943.2cc8253d@ashu.dyn.rarus.ru>
In-Reply-To: <4EAABC15020000A100007D9D@gwsmtp1.uni-regensburg.de>

Tag is a pointer to a commit (if to say simply)

e.g. in my repo
$ git show-ref --tags --abbrev=7
-->8--
676f194 refs/tags/v2.6.7
b23c481 refs/tags/v2.6.8
-->8--

so

$ git diff v2.6.7..v2.6.8
is equivalent to
$ git diff 676f194..b23c481

etc
> Hi,
> 
> when using a somewhat older git (of SLES11 SP1 SDK), I could not find
> a way to "git diff" between two tag names; I can only diff between
> two commit numbers. I can display a changeset using "git show", but
> that's not what I wanted. Is it possible to get the diff I want using
> older versions, and is such a feature implemented in the current
> version? If so, since when?
> 
> As I'm not subscribed to the list, I'd appreciate CC'ed replies.
> Thank you.
> 
> Greeting
> Ulrich
> 
>