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Re: Any way to get complete diff up to a tag?

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
May 6, 2010, 13:03 UTC
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Am 5/6/2010 13:20, schrieb Peter Kjellerstedt:
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> Björn Steinbrink
>> git internally knows about the empty tree, so you can use:
>> git diff 4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904 v1.7.1
>>
>> Björn
> 
> Thank you, that was useful. However, I need to be able to do this
> for an arbitrary repository, and that SHA seems to be specific for 
> the git repository. How do I get the SHA for the empty tree in an 
> arbitrary repository?

Aha, so you think Björn et.al. were able to guess the SHA1 for your specific repository? ;)

No, the empty tree is the empty tree, and its name is as cited above, no matter where in the universe you are.

-- Hannes
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  1. Peter KjellerstedtMay 6, 2010
  2. Bert WesargMay 6, 2010
  3. Björn SteinbrinkMay 6, 2010
  4. Peter KjellerstedtMay 6, 2010
  5. Santi BéjarMay 6, 2010
  6. Johannes SixtMay 6, 2010
  7. Peter KjellerstedtMay 6, 2010
  8. Björn SteinbrinkMay 6, 2010
  9. Linus TorvaldsMay 6, 2010
  10. Greg TroxelMay 6, 2010
  11. Peter KjellerstedtMay 7, 2010
  12. KnittlMay 6, 2010
  13. Peter KjellerstedtMay 7, 2010

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