david@xxxxxxx writes: > I don't think it's trivial I think you meant to say it _is_ trivial. > If you just wanted three commits ago you could do > > git diff HEAD..HEAD^^^ tree.c That would give you a reverse diff; I think you probably meant the other way around, "git diff HEAD~3 HEAD tree.c". > but three changes to tree.c ago I think you need to do multiple > iterations of git blame to find out what commit was three edits ago. git diff $(git rev-list -3 HEAD -- tree.c | sed -n -e '$p') HEAD -- tree.c This assumes that the history is linear but your statement "three edits ago" already assumes that, so... -- 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