Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] diff-highlight: add support for git log --graph output.

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Aug 19, 2016, 21:23 UTC
Message-ID: <20160819212302.eciafv2rcvxokzu6@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20160819211944.GA16646@dcvr>

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 09:19:44PM +0000, Eric Wong wrote:

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> > I've rebased my changes. Unfortunately, having 3 commits made this somewhat
> > tedious. I also find it weird that my new patch set makes it difficult to see
> > what changes I've made from my first set. What's the standard workflow here?
> 
> I check out a new branch with the same base as the previous series
> and "git diff previous current"
> 
> (without git, I'd be using interdiff from the patchutils Debian package)
> 
> Sometimes I will rebase against both old+new against Junio's master
> to avoid/reduce conflicts.

You might also try Thomas Rast's topic-branch diff:

  https://github.com/trast/tbdiff

It gives better patch-by-patch differences. And it handles the case that the topics have different bases (which is handy if you've rebased, or if Junio happened to apply on a different base than you did).

-Peff