Question

How can I find out what are the differences between 2 remote branches?

I tried:

git diff --name-status remotes/branch-V4.4..remotes/branch-V4.2

But it gives me a list of files which changes.
Is there a way I get a list of commits which shows me the difference between 2 branches?

Thank you.

Update:

Thank you for the answer. I have tried ‘git log –graph remotes/branch-V4.4…remotes/branch-V4.2’

I see

* commit ............
|
|
| 
* commit .............
|
|
| 
* commit .............|
|
| 
* commit .............

Why only “|” , a straight line? why it does not show where does the 2 branches begins to diverge?

Thank you.

Answer 1

What you are looking for is probably something like:

gitk --left-right remotes/branch-V4.4...remotes/branch-V4.2

or if gitk is not available:

git log --oneline --graph --decorate --left-right --boundary --date-order remotes/branch-V4.4...remotes/branch-V4.2

You might also want to try it without the --date-order, but especially in complicated situations, I found that git log produces more useful graphs with that option.

Every commit in that graph will be either marked with <, > or o – that means that they are part of the left branch, the right branch or a “boundary commit”.