> -----Original Message----- > From: git-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:git-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Björn Steinbrink > Sent: den 6 maj 2010 11:42 > To: Peter Kjellerstedt > Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Any way to get complete diff up to a tag? > > On 2010.05.06 11:27:40 +0200, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote: > > If I use > > > > $ git diff $(git rev-list --reverse v1.7.1 |head -1)..v1.7.1 > > > > I almost get what I want, but the initial commit is still missing. > > Is there any way to get that initial commit included in the diff? > > git internally knows about the empty tree, so you can use: > git diff 4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904 v1.7.1 > > Björn Thank you, that was useful. However, I need to be able to do this for an arbitrary repository, and that SHA seems to be specific for the git repository. How do I get the SHA for the empty tree in an arbitrary repository? //Peter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html