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In github, is it possible to show the diff of a single file between two commits?
One can readily diff two commits, and it is possible to link to the anchor for a specific file in those two commits, but all files are included in that view. For example, https://github.com/adamginsburg/APEX_CMZ_H2CO/compare/a94a962db51e0f4e73ec3ba4170a0ca8269548da...adamginsburg:master#diff-22
I would like a similar view, but without the other files.
(I know how to do this on the command line with git, but I want to share this link with collaborators, so the command line approach is not relevant for this question)
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To see the changes between two commits, you can use git diff ID1.. ID2 , where ID1 and ID2 identify the two commits you're interested in, and the connector .. is a pair of dots. For example, git diff abc123.. def456 shows the differences between the commits abc123 and def456 , while git diff HEAD~1..
By executing the git diff command, we can see the differences between these two files. By default, the git diff command produces a diff for all files between the latest commit and the current state of the repository.
You can also compare two arbitrary commits in your repository or its forks on GitHub in a two-dot diff comparison. To quickly compare two commits or Git Object IDs (OIDs) directly with each other in a two-dot diff comparison on GitHub, edit the URL of your repository's "Comparing changes" page.
One of them is doing comparisons. In Git, you use the command git diff to compare commits, branches, individual files and more.
I think your question can be consider a duplicate of this one :
How can I generate a diff for a single file between two branches in github
Unfortunately, the accepted answer doens't answer your expected behavior.
I really tried to exclude the other files without success, and since there not seems to have other means to filter it out but html anchor pointer, I guess what you already have is what best available with Github to pin point the change you want to talk about with your peers.
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