# Compare two diffs on the command line? 3 messages from 2015-09-04 to 2015-09-04. Participants: Phil Susi, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/40275 ## Phil Susi, 2015-09-04 18:00 Subject: Compare two diffs on the command line? Message-ID: <55E9DC44.90303@ubuntu.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/55E9DC44.90303%40ubuntu.com ``` If you have a commit that exists on two branches, in gitk you can mark one, then select the other and choose to compare the two. This results in a diff of the two diffs, rather than a diff between the two trees, which include many other changes that have nothing to do with either commit. Is there a way to do this on the command line? I thought it would be git diff -c or --cc, but it doesn't seem to filter out all of the other differences between the branches. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2015-09-04 18:10 Subject: Re: Compare two diffs on the command line? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAPc5daVvXNWdAwiNKnQT45p03msTBEyBUq7y%2BggRq0e95%3D_bAQ%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <55E9DC44.90303@ubuntu.com> ``` On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Phil Susi wrote: > If you have a commit that exists on two branches, in gitk you can mark one, > then select the other and choose to compare the two. This results in a diff > of the two diffs, rather than a diff between the two trees, which include > many other changes that have nothing to do with either commit. I think you are looking for the interdiff(1) tool. ``` ## Phil Susi, 2015-09-04 19:23 Subject: Re: Compare two diffs on the command line? Message-ID: <55E9EFBC.3000800@ubuntu.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/55E9EFBC.3000800%40ubuntu.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 9/4/2015 2:10 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Phil Susi wrote: >> If you have a commit that exists on two branches, in gitk you can mark one, >> then select the other and choose to compare the two. This results in a diff >> of the two diffs, rather than a diff between the two trees, which include >> many other changes that have nothing to do with either commit. > > I think you are looking for the interdiff(1) tool. Yes, that is how I would do it before git... I was thinking there would be a git way of doing it, especially since it is there in gitk. ```