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

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EREric Raible <raible@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 2, 2009, 18:04 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds <at> linux-foundation.org> writes:
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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

Isn't the first one incorrect because <file> needs to be inside the backticks? git diff `git log -2 --pretty=format:%h <file>` -- <file>

And isn't the replacement incorrect also (the diffs are backwards)? git log --no-merges -p -R -1 <file>

- Eric
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Message 6 of 10 in “Does CVS has a easy way to compare file with its previous version?”
  1. dtletmnJun 30, 2009
  2. Andreas EricssonJun 30, 2009
  3. Jakub NarebskiJun 30, 2009
  4. Paolo BonziniJun 30, 2009
  5. Linus TorvaldsJul 1, 2009
  6. Eric RaibleJul 2, 2009
  7. Paolo BonziniJul 3, 2009
  8. Eric RaibleJul 6, 2009
  9. Paolo BonziniJul 7, 2009
  10. dtletmnJul 1, 2009

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