Re: command to show diff of a commit

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Sep 22, 2005, 15:20 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0509220820011.2553@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <72499e3b05092202583f9a751d@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Robert Watson wrote:

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> 
> 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

Oh, absolutely.

Do

	git-diff-tree -p --pretty b163512d4eb36ee946908b682c7863658c5a8db4

and you're done.

If you _just_ want the diff (and not the message), skip the "--pretty".

		Linus