Question

I’m using git via the Eclipse egit plugin. I am new at using git as my VCS and was wondering if there was a way to create a patch that captures the changes across multiple commits from within Eclipse. For example:

1. Work on a new feature
2. Commit work
3. Fix a bug
4. Commit work
5. Create patch of code added since #1

Can this be done from within eclipse using egit? If not, what is the command line for doing this?

Answer 1

The git command you’re looking for is:

git diff HEAD~2 HEAD

HEAD means your current commit, and ~2 means “two commits before”.

I’m not sure if egit can do this, but I’d look for some sort of arbitrary diff functionality: “diff against… [commit]”.