Git中的diff命令可以显示文件之间的差异,同时-r选项可以遍历两个树对象,同时显示它们的差异。
从Git中的对象类型上看,一个树对象值只代表版本库中的一个目录层级,它包含该目录下的直接文件和它的所有直接子目录的信息,但不包括所有子目录的完整内容。而树对象引用所有子目录的树对象,所以对应项目根目录的树对象实际上代表某个时刻的整个项目,因此也可以说,git diff遍历两棵树。
存在三个可供树或类树对象使用git diff命令的基本来源:
通常情况下,git diff命令进行树的比较时可以通过提交名,分支名或标签名,同时,工作目录的文件和目录结构还有在索引中暂存文件的完整结构,都可以被看为树。
而git diff命令就可以使用上述三种来源的组合来进行如下4中基本比较:
命令行的参数个数决定使用哪种基本形式和比较什么。可以比较任意两个提交或树,比较的两个对象不需要有直接的或间接的父子关系。如果省略了一个或两个参数,那么git diff命令会比较默认的对象,比如工作目录,索引,HEAD等。
除了这几种基本形式的git diff命令外,还有一些比较有用的选项:
首先在空目录下初始化版本库:
git init
echo abc > file1
git add file1
git commit -m "commit file1"
echo abcd > file2
git add file2
git commit -m "commit file2"
然后执行:
$ echo 1111 > file1
$ git diff
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in file1.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
diff --git a/file1 b/file1
index 8baef1b..5f2f16b 100644
--- a/file1
+++ b/file1
@@ -1 +1 @@
-abc
+1111
文件file1在工作目录中已经修改,但是并没有暂存,因此可以直接使用git diff进行比较,此时比较的就是工作目录和索引的差异。
如果想要将工作目录与索引或版本库进行比较:
$ git diff --cached
$ git diff HEAD
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in file1.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
diff --git a/file1 b/file1
index 8baef1b..5f2f16b 100644
--- a/file1
+++ b/file1
@@ -1 +1 @@
-abc
+1111
可以看出,索引和版本库是没有差异的,而工作目录和版本库是存在差异的,这里的差异打印和之前使用git diff的打印是相同的。
$ git add file1
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in file1.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
$ echo 2222 > file1
此时再进行比较:
$ git diff
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in file1.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
diff --git a/file1 b/file1
index 5f2f16b..c7dc989 100644
--- a/file1
+++ b/file1
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1111
+2222
$ git diff HEAD
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in file1.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
diff --git a/file1 b/file1
index 8baef1b..c7dc989 100644
--- a/file1
+++ b/file1
@@ -1 +1 @@
-abc
+2222
$ git diff --cached
diff --git a/file1 b/file1
index 8baef1b..5f2f16b 100644
--- a/file1
+++ b/file1
@@ -1 +1 @@
-abc
+1111
这里将file1暂存,同时在工作目录修改了file1的内容,这里的工作目录,索引,版本库的内容彼此之间都是不同的,因此会有上面的比较。
这里将file1提交:
$ git commit file1 -m "commit file1 again"
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in file1.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in file1.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
[master 3fc324d] commit file1 again
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
$ git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working tree clean
$ cat file1
2222
$ git diff HEAD HEAD^1
diff --git a/file1 b/file1
index c7dc989..8baef1b 100644
--- a/file1
+++ b/file1
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2222
+abc
这里可以看出,提交之后HEAD和HEAD^存在差异。
git命令支持两个点..来显示两个提交之间的差异,即以下两条命令是等同的:
git diff commit1..commit2
git diff commit1 commit2
而在git log命令中,两点..是用来显示整个提交范围内的历史记录的,这是两者的差异之处。也可以看出:
通常情况下,git diff会基于从给定树对象的根开始的整个目录结构。然而,可以使用和git log中相同的路径限制来限制git diff只输出版本库的一个子集。
$ echo 1111 > file1
$ echo 2222 > file2
$ git diff
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in file1.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in file2.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
diff --git a/file1 b/file1
index 8baef1b..5f2f16b 100644
--- a/file1
+++ b/file1
@@ -1 +1 @@
-abc
+1111
diff --git a/file2 b/file2
index acbe86c..c7dc989 100644
--- a/file2
+++ b/file2
@@ -1 +1 @@
-abcd
+2222
$ git diff file1
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in file1.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
diff --git a/file1 b/file1
index 8baef1b..5f2f16b 100644
--- a/file1
+++ b/file1
@@ -1 +1 @@
-abc
+1111
比如上面的例子,如果同时修改了file1,file2,而在当前状态下只需要考虑file1的提交,那么就可以使用git diff file1来限制比较的对象只为file1。