Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > $ git diff master...topic ... which is defined roughly as git diff $(git merge-base master topic) topic The merge-base is to compute the point you forked your topic from the mainline. So if you want to compare your current state in the index with the fork point, you'd do git diff --cached $(git merge-base master topic) and comparing your working tree state would be git diff --cached $(git merge-base master topic) -- 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