How to view the differences between Git branches?

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by lottie , in category: Third Party Scripts , 6 months ago

How to view the differences between Git branches?

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by domenico , 6 months ago

@lottie 

To view the differences between Git branches, you can use the git diff command. Here's how you can do it:

  1. Make sure you are on the branch from which you want to compare the differences. You can use the command git branch to see the list of available branches and git checkout
  2. Run the git diff
  3. Git will show you the differences between the branches. It will display the added lines prefixed with +, deleted lines prefixed with -, and modified lines with both + and - symbols.


Note: If you want to compare the current branch with its upstream branch (usually set as the remote tracking branch), you can use git diff @{u} or git diff HEAD...@{u}.


Additionally, you can use graphical tools like GitKraken or GitHub Desktop to easily visualize the differences between branches.