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 ===== Path limiting ===== ===== Path limiting =====
  
-Compare only part of the tree-ish objects:+Compare only //part// of the tree-ish objects:
  
 <code> <code>
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 ==== --stat ==== ==== --stat ====
 +
 +Normalized histogram:
  
 <code> <code>
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 </code> </code>
  
 +===== Using ".." and "..." =====
 +
 +==== DESCRIPTION ====
 +
 +<code>
 +git diff [<options>] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]
 +    This is to view the changes between two arbitrary <commit>.
 +
 +git diff [<options>] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]
 +    This is synonymous to the previous form. If <commit> on one
 +    side is omitted, it will have the same effect as using HEAD
 +    instead.
 +
 +git diff [<options>] <commit>...<commit> [--] [<path>...]
 +    This form is to view the changes on the branch containing
 +    and up to the second <commit>, starting at a common
 +    ancestor of both <commit>. "git diff A...B" is equivalent
 +    to "git diff $(git merge-base A B) B". You can omit any one
 +    of <commit>, which has the same effect as using HEAD
 +    instead.
 +</code>
 +
 +==== The initial branches to compare ====
 +
 +<code>
 +$ git show fix_readme
 +commit 5f1992a4245c301ed5e556f4ef47153981a67820 (fix_readme)
 +Author: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
 +Date:   Fri Mar 1 05:27:13 2019 -0500
 +
 +    fix readme
 +
 +diff --git a/README.asc b/README.asc
 +index fa40bad..b7f3816 100644
 +--- a/README.asc
 ++++ b/README.asc
 +@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ++stuff in README.asc
 + = Pro Git, Second Edition
 + 
 + Welcome to the second edition of the Pro Git book.
 +</code>
 +
 +<code>
 +$ git show fix_license 
 +commit 65633ac0f606e70db50460502989a7a74dca8e20 (fix_license)
 +Author: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
 +Date:   Fri Mar 1 05:26:23 2019 -0500
 +
 +    fix license
 +
 +diff --git a/LICENSE.asc b/LICENSE.asc
 +index 81f2824..19f935b 100644
 +--- a/LICENSE.asc
 ++++ b/LICENSE.asc
 +@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 ++stuff in LICENSE.asc
 + This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
 +</code>
 +
 +==== The basic comparison ====
 +
 +<code>
 +$ git diff fix_readme fix_license
 +diff --git a/LICENSE.asc b/LICENSE.asc
 +index 81f2824..19f935b 100644
 +--- a/LICENSE.asc
 ++++ b/LICENSE.asc
 +@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 ++stuff in LICENSE.asc
 + This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
 +diff --git a/README.asc b/README.asc
 +index b7f3816..fa40bad 100644
 +--- a/README.asc
 ++++ b/README.asc
 +@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 +-stuff in README.asc
 + = Pro Git, Second Edition
 + 
 + Welcome to the second edition of the Pro Git book.
 +</code>
 +
 +Using ''..'' means exactly the same thing:
 +
 +<code>
 +$ git diff fix_readme..fix_license
 +diff --git a/LICENSE.asc b/LICENSE.asc
 +index 81f2824..19f935b 100644
 +--- a/LICENSE.asc
 ++++ b/LICENSE.asc
 +@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 ++stuff in LICENSE.asc
 + This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
 +diff --git a/README.asc b/README.asc
 +index b7f3816..fa40bad 100644
 +--- a/README.asc
 ++++ b/README.asc
 +@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 +-stuff in README.asc
 + = Pro Git, Second Edition
 + 
 + Welcome to the second edition of the Pro Git book.
 +</code>
 +
 +However, using ''%%...%%'' means something different:
 +
 +<code>
 +$ git diff fix_license...fix_readme
 +diff --git a/README.asc b/README.asc
 +index fa40bad..b7f3816 100644
 +--- a/README.asc
 ++++ b/README.asc
 +@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ++stuff in README.asc
 + = Pro Git, Second Edition
 + 
 + Welcome to the second edition of the Pro Git book.
 +</code>
 ===== Whitespace issues ===== ===== Whitespace issues =====
  
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