Differences

This chapter discusses selected commands ordered by category.

• git log -p README Displays the differences for all commits.

• git diff Compares the files of the working tree with the INDEX.

  To reset a working tree file to the INDEX version use git checkout -- storage.py.

  To undo a git add storage.py use git reset storage.py (shortform for git reset HEAD storage.py), leaving the file in the working tree untouched.

• git –no-pager diff Disables any pager. 'git diff | cat' does the same

• git diff HEAD^ Differences wrt. last commit.

• git diff HEAD$\sim$1 Differences wrt. last commit.

• git diff HEAD$\sim$2 Differences wrt. commit before last commit.

• git diff oldCommit..newCommit, git diff k73ud..dj374 Differences between commits

• git diff ––cached Compares the INDEX and the most recent commit.

  To reset the INDEX and the working tree with the last commit use git reset --hard HEAD.

• git diff origin/master Compares the working tree master branch with the remote repo.

• git diff origin/develop develop Compares the develop branch in the local repo with the remote repo.