git visual diff between branches

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Snowcrash picture Snowcrash · Oct 16, 2012 · Viewed 225.5k times · Source

This answer is great for seeing a visual diff between two files that are checked into git: How do I view 'git diff' output with a visual diff program?

However, I'd like to see a visual diff between two branches. So far, my best bet seems to be: 

git diff --name-status master dev

which isn't very informative and not very visual.

Is there anything better out there?

Answer

alex picture alex · Oct 16, 2012

Use git diff with a range.

git diff branch1..branch2

This will compare the tips of each branch.

If you really want some GUI software, you can try something like SourceTree which supports Mac OS X and Windows.

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