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

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Knittl <knittl89@googlemail.com>
Date
May 6, 2010, 15:43 UTC
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On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com> wrote:

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> Basically, what I think I am asking for is a way to specify the
> empty parent of the initial commit, i.e., where v1.7.1~1000000 would
> end up. I can see this being useful in at least one other case as
> well, namely when doing an interactive rebase to allow the initial
> commit to be rebased (something I have wanted to do a couple of
> times...)

wait, let me get this straight. you want to diff some tag against the empty parent of the root commit (empty tree)?

which in turn means you will get a diff, where all lines in all files existing in the tree that tag references are added. all files get basically prefixed with + and have header information (filename). what purpose has such a diff?

regards, daniel
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  2. Bert WesargMay 6, 2010
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  6. Johannes SixtMay 6, 2010
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  8. Björn SteinbrinkMay 6, 2010
  9. Linus TorvaldsMay 6, 2010
  10. Greg TroxelMay 6, 2010
  11. Peter KjellerstedtMay 7, 2010
  12. KnittlMay 6, 2010
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