Is there a way to diff between a local repository and a remote one?

I could clone the remote repository and use Linux's diff, but I prefer to do it the right way (if possible).

Thanks, Erez

Erez Zilber wrote:

I use git-remote add

and git-diff that_remote/that_branch

then from time to time "git-remote update" to update on remote progress

Boaz

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> wrote:

thanks!

"Erez Zilber" <erezzi.list@gmail.com> writes:

There is no way to do this remotely; you have to download either snapshot (tarball) of remote repository (either from gitweb interface or other web interface if snapshot feature is enabled, or using "git archive --remote=<repo> <version>" (where <version> might be "HEAD") if it is enabled on remote), or fetch / shallow fetch / shallow clone of repository.

If local repository you want to diff is related to remote repository, the simplest way would be to fetch (or shallow fetch) the repository you want to compare into your repository, either using

  $ git remote add -f <nick> <URL>
  $ git diff HEAD <nick> #; or <nick>/HEAD, or <nick>/master

or

  $ git fetch --no-tags <URL> <branch> #; you can add --depth=1
  $ git diff HEAD FETCH_HEAD

(of course all above being in local repository; you can replace HEAD by local revision you want to compare)