Re: git diff

[webmaster@peter-speer.de]

Thanks, Mike. Now I understood.

-fuz

> Mike Rappazzo <rappazzo@gmail.com> hat am 12. Oktober 2016 um 13:06
> geschrieben:
> 
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 6:50 AM, <webmaster@peter-speer.de> wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I created a new branch named hotfix from master.
> > I switched to the branch, changed 1 file.
> >
> > Now I want to see the diff from the both using
> >
> > git diff hotfix master
> >
> > I do not see any output (difference).
> > When I do a git status I see my file with status mofified, not staged for
> > commit.
> 
> Since you just created the branch, and did not add any content, there
> is no difference to see. A branch is just a pointer to a commit. You
> now have two pointers pointing at the same commit.
> 
> If you want to see the difference between your changes and the master
> branch, you can omit the first reference:
> 
>  git diff master
> 
> When you start adding commits to your hotfix branch, you will be able
> to see the diff between that and master with the command that you
> gave. However, your arguments may be in the reverse order than what
> you expect. You want to specify master first because that is the
> mainline branch (I presume).
> 
> When you have several commits on your hotfix branch, you can refer to
> older commits to diff against. There are several ways to refer back,
> but the simplest is to use a tilde '~' followed by a number to count
> back. For example 'hotfix~1' refers to the parent commit on the
> hotfix branch. There is a lot in the documentation[1], so take a look
> there for more info.
> 
> Good luck.
> _Mike
> 
> [1] https://git-scm.com/doc
> 
> > Also, I can see that I am working with the correct branch, hotfix
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > -fuz
> 
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 6:50 AM, <webmaster@peter-speer.de> wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I created a new branch named hotfix from master.
> > I switched to the branch, changed 1 file.
> >
> > Now I want to see the diff from the both using
> >
> > git diff hotfix master
> >
> > I do not see any output (difference).
> > When I do a git status I see my file with status mofified, not staged for
> > commit.
> > Also, I can see that I am working with the correct branch, hotfix
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > -fuz

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