git diff of a file code example

Example 1: git diff two commits one file

$ git diff HEAD^^ HEAD main.c
$ # show diff between HEAD(current commit) and HEAD^^(two commits back) for main.c

Example 2: git diff between one file

Just specify your local branch1 or remote origin/branch2
git diff branch1 origin/branch2	#show diff referenced from second branch
git diff branch1 branch2 file.txt #show diff only between file.txt

Example 3: make diff git as commit

A simple way to do it is:

create and checkout branch tmp at branch_a (git branch tmp branch_a && git checkout tmp)
git reset --soft branch_b
git commit
that commit must have all the diff

Example 4: git diff of a file

git diff file-name

#you can also add an alias on Mac
alias gd="git diff"
alias add_alias="code ~/.zshrc" #open the file in vscode