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Re: command to show diff of a commit

From
RWRobert Watson <robert.oo.watson@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 22, 2005, 14:25 UTC
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On 9/22/05, Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> wrote:
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> Dear diary, on Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:58:32AM CEST, I got a letter
> where Robert Watson <robert.oo.watson@gmail.com> told me that...
> > Hi,
>
> Hi,
>
> > I am wondering what is the best way to show the change introduced by a
> > commit. In the other words, is there a better way to do this:
> >
> > git-diff b163512d4eb36ee946908b682c7863658c5a8db4^
> > b163512d4eb36ee946908b682c7863658c5a8db4
>
> with Cogito, you would say
>
>         cg-diff -p -r b163512d4eb36ee946908b682c7863658c5a8db4
>
> to see the diff against its parent. (You should still choose the parent
> manually in case of merge commits.)
>

Thanks, it is nice to know that cogito can go it. But can I achieve the same with git-core only?

Thanks, Robertoo

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  3. Robert WatsonSep 22, 2005
  4. Sven VerdoolaegeSep 22, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsSep 22, 2005
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