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From: Alan <alan@clueserver.org>
Subject: Re: How can I restrict git-diff to a specific set of directories?
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:33:16 -0800
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On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 01:02 +0100, Bj=C3=B6rn Steinbrink wrote:
> On 2009.01.13 15:49:03 -0800, Alan wrote:
> > I have a repository that I need to build a set of patches for a sin=
gle
> > directory path.  (I just want the diffs on the one driver.)
> >=20
> > Is there a clean non-hacky way to do this?
> >=20
> > It is not cross repository or anything. I just need to generate a d=
iff
> > between one commit and another, but only for the contents of a spec=
ific
> > directory.
> >=20
> > I am not finding a real straightforward way to do that.  (Unless I =
am
> > missing something, which is quite possible.)
>=20
> git diff commitA commitB -- some/paths/here some/more/here and/then/s=
ome
>=20
> That limits the diff to the paths after the dashes.

Thanks! That is EXACTLY what I need.