How to compare two branches in Git

Question

Hi Guys,

I have created two branches in Git. I have lots of commits to these branches. I want to see the difference between these two branches. How can I do that?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

You can use the git diff command to find the difference between branches as shown below.

$ git diff branch_1..branch_2

That will produce the diff between the tips of the two branches. If you prefer to find the diff from their common ancestor to test, you can use three dots instead of two.

$ git diff branch_1...branch_2