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Re: Does CVS has a easy way to compare file with its previous version?

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Jul 1, 2009, 01:18 UTC
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On Wed, 1 Jul 2009, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> I think he wants something more like
> 
> git diff `git log -2 --pretty=format:%h` <file> -- <file>
That's a rather difficult way of saying
	git log --no-merges -p -1 <filename>

which seems much simpler. Sure, you'll get the commit message too, but that just sounds like gravy to me (you can use "--pretty=oneline" or something to make it denser).

			Linus
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  4. Paolo BonziniJun 30, 2009
  5. Linus TorvaldsJul 1, 2009
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  7. Paolo BonziniJul 3, 2009
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