{"id":3829,"date":"2011-06-07T17:19:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T11:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2thenew.xyz\/blog\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2016-12-19T15:16:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T09:46:38","slug":"using-git-diff-feature-on-github","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2thenew.xyz\/blog\/using-git-diff-feature-on-github\/","title":{"rendered":"Using git diff feature on Github"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Folks,<\/p>\n

Recently I came across a cool way to compare differences between two branches, two tags, or between two commits on Github. Many a times in our project we have to thoroughly see what has been a specific change in the code base before we push it on our production branch.<\/p>\n

Here is how you can view the differences in commits:<\/p>\n

On the Github, go to the Source<\/strong> view of your project. You will see a link named ‘Branch List’<\/strong>. Once the page opens you can see a list of all the remote branches. Hit on the Compare button in front of any of the available branches to see the difference between two branches.<\/p>\n

Now note the URL in the address bar. It should end with something like ‘…\/compare\/<x>…<y>’ where x<\/em><\/strong> and y<\/em><\/strong> are separated by three dots(…) and their values could be project’s branch names<\/p>\n

Isn’t it good?<\/p>\n

Well, Git’s (read about git diff) and Github’s goodness does not stop just here. Instead of branch names as the values of x<\/em><\/strong> and y<\/em><\/strong>, you can also put two different commit hashes or tag names to view the differences in the code-base. More so, the commit hashes do not<\/em><\/strong> have to belong to the same branch. So you can pretty much compare your code’s current snap-shot with any of its past snap-shot irrespective of branch<\/strong> or a tag<\/strong> or a commit hash<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Hope this helps someone.<\/p>\n

Abhishek Tejpaul
\nabhishek@intelligrape.com
\n[IntelliGrape Software Pvt. Ltd.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Folks, Recently I came across a cool way to compare differences between two branches, two tags, or between two commits on Github. Many a times in our project we have to thoroughly see what has been a specific change in the code base before we push it on our production branch. Here is how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":10,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[375,584,374],"class_list":["post-3829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-git","tag-git-diff","tag-git-hub"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t