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Differences in files between different branches/commits
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| Compare the differences between two branches | |
| To produce the diff between the tips of the two branches. | |
| $ git diff branch_1..branch_2 | |
| To find the diff from their common ancestor to test, you can use three dots instead of two: | |
| $git diff branch_1...branch_2 | |
| In a specific file | |
| &$git | |
| Compare the differences in a file between two commits | |
| $ git diff $start_commit..$end_commit -- path/to/file |
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