# A puzzling omission from the Git book 2 messages from 2019-03-29 to 2019-03-29. Participants: Peter Toye, Robert P. J. Day. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/50837 ## Peter Toye, 2019-03-29 12:55 Subject: A puzzling omission from the Git book Message-ID: <373066205.20190329125548@ptoye.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/373066205.20190329125548%40ptoye.com ``` I'm looking for a way of comparing the files in two branches. According to Stack Overflow there's a git diff command but I can't see any reference to it in the book. Am I being more than usually thick? The Git Gui app doesn't seem to have that command in it either. A bit frustrating. Yours, Peter mailto:git@ptoye.com www.ptoye.com ``` ## Robert P. J. Day, 2019-03-29 13:04 Subject: Re: A puzzling omission from the Git book Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.LFD.2.21.1903290903430.14340%40localhost.localdomain In-Reply-To: <373066205.20190329125548@ptoye.com> ``` On Fri, 29 Mar 2019, Peter Toye wrote: > I'm looking for a way of comparing the files in two branches. > According to Stack Overflow there's a git diff command but I can't > see any reference to it in the book. Am I being more than usually > thick? it should be just $ git diff -- rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== ```