Thanks, Mike. Now I understood. -fuz > Mike Rappazzo <rappazzo@xxxxxxxxx> hat am 12. Oktober 2016 um 13:06 > geschrieben: > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 6:50 AM, <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I created a new branch named hotfix from master. > > I switched to the branch, changed 1 file. > > > > Now I want to see the diff from the both using > > > > git diff hotfix master > > > > I do not see any output (difference). > > When I do a git status I see my file with status mofified, not staged for > > commit. > > Since you just created the branch, and did not add any content, there > is no difference to see. A branch is just a pointer to a commit. You > now have two pointers pointing at the same commit. > > If you want to see the difference between your changes and the master > branch, you can omit the first reference: > > git diff master > > When you start adding commits to your hotfix branch, you will be able > to see the diff between that and master with the command that you > gave. However, your arguments may be in the reverse order than what > you expect. You want to specify master first because that is the > mainline branch (I presume). > > When you have several commits on your hotfix branch, you can refer to > older commits to diff against. There are several ways to refer back, > but the simplest is to use a tilde '~' followed by a number to count > back. For example 'hotfix~1' refers to the parent commit on the > hotfix branch. There is a lot in the documentation[1], so take a look > there for more info. > > Good luck. > _Mike > > [1] https://git-scm.com/doc > > > Also, I can see that I am working with the correct branch, hotfix > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > -fuz > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 6:50 AM, <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I created a new branch named hotfix from master. > > I switched to the branch, changed 1 file. > > > > Now I want to see the diff from the both using > > > > git diff hotfix master > > > > I do not see any output (difference). > > When I do a git status I see my file with status mofified, not staged for > > commit. > > Also, I can see that I am working with the correct branch, hotfix > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > -fuz >