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git diff-tree against the root commit

From
Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>
Date
Oct 29, 2010, 06:13 UTC
Message-ID
<4CCA6623.8090705@workspacewhiz.com>

I am mirroring a Git repository into another SCM. I am using 'git diff-tree' to tell me what changes I need to make to the other SCM.

Today, I attempted to mirror a new submodule. 'git diff-tree' reported two SHAs... 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 and the revision the submodule currently resides at. I attempted to run a 'git diff-tree' within the submodule for the all zero SHA and the revision specified, but apparently, 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 does not really represent the root commit and does not work. I then discovered the --root option, but that doesn't seem to give me the complete file list either.

'git diff-tree' has been working great for everything else, but I really need a root commit diff-tree listing for proper automation.

What are my options?
Thanks!
Josh
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