SOURCE - Doubsts about DIFF commnad

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Hi

I have executed DIFF command with GIT syntax and using SOURCETREE, and i have noticed differences between then.

I tried to verify differences between "MASTER" and "FEATURE/VAFEI-40055-NOVOPP", to identify which files are changed in the last.

A) GIT:

git remote show https://xpto:password@git.xpto.pts/git/VAFEI/vivoxis-database.git
git -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false checkout feature/VAFEI-40055-NovoPP
git diff --name-only master...feature/VAFEI-40055-NovoPP

These command returned about 475 filenames (i know that there are few files changed).

B)  SOURCEFREE:

SOURCETREE.jpg

I have select "MASTER", then posicioned the mouse on "FEATURE/VAFEI-40055-NOVOPP" and then runned option DIFFs AGAINST CURRENT, so i´ve detected 42 files changed.

What´s wrong with option "A" ?  Did i miss something in the GIT command? Why dit it returned so many files?

Best reggards,

Sergio

SOURCETREE.jpg

Seth · Answer

Yes, the difference between two dots and three dots, which are both valid syntax, but have different meanings: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Revision-Selection#Commit-Ranges

The error message was that git tried to use the "less" utility to display the output of the diff. It couldn't find that, so it just dumped the output directly instead, which is fine in this case.

SERGIO COUTINHO · Answer

Hi,

Very strange. I have repeated the same command suppressing one point (.) in command DIFF and now have the same result of of SOURCETREE (with an error message in beginning:

BEFORE (three points - output is wrong):

git diff --name-only --ignore-space-at-eol -b -w --ignore-blank-lines feature/VAFEI-40055-NovoPP...master

AFTER (two points - output is right, the same of SOURCETREE):

git diff --name-only --ignore-space-at-eol -b -w --ignore-blank-lines feature/VAFEI-40055-NovoPP..master

error: cannot spawn less: No such file or directory

Procedures/CONVERGENTE_OW_PRC_PRC_ORQUESTRARPESSOA.sql
Procedures/CONVERGENTE_OW_PRC_PRC_ORQUESTRARPRODUTO.sql
Procedures/LOAD_PRC_TRUNCEXCLPROGRELACIONAMENTO.SQL
Procedures/SOA_OW_PRC_PRC_BUSCARPROGRELACIONAMENTO.SQL
Procedures/SOA_OW_PRC_PRC_MANTERPROGRELACIONAMENTO.SQL
Procedures/VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERCLIENTE.SQL
Procedures/VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERCLIENTESINCRONISMO.SQL
Procedures/VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERCLIENTESISTEMAORIGEM.SQL
Procedures/VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERDOCSINCRONISMO.SQL
Procedures/VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERLINHADOC.SQL
Procedures/VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERLINHAPRESINCRONISMO.SQL
Procedures/VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERLINHASCLIENTE.SQL
Procedures/VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERPLANOSINCRONISMO.SQL
Procedures/VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERPRHISTORICO.SQL
Scripts/Atividade/A_LOAD_C00_EXCLUSAOPROGRAMARELACIONAMENTO.SQL
Scripts/Atividade/A_VIVOVALORIZA_A00_CLIENTEVV.sql
Scripts/Atividade/A_VIVOVALORIZA_A00_LINHAVV.sql
Scripts/Atividade/A_VIVOVALORIZA_C00_PARAMPROGRELACIONAMENTO.sql
Scripts/Atividade/A_VIVOVALORIZA_G00.sql
Scripts/Atividade/A_VIVOVALORIZA_M00_CLIENTEVV.sql
Scripts/Rollback/R_CONVERGENTE_OW_PRC_PRC_ORQUESTRARPESSOA.sql
Scripts/Rollback/R_CONVERGENTE_OW_PRC_PRC_ORQUESTRARPRODUTO.sql
Scripts/Rollback/R_LOAD_C00_EXCLUSAOPROGRAMARELACIONAMENTO.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_LOAD_PRC_TRUNCEXCLPROGRELACIONAMENTO.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_SOA_OW_PRC_PRC_BUSCARPROGRELACIONAMENTO.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_SOA_OW_PRC_PRC_MANTERPROGRELACIONAMENTO.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_A00_CLIENTEVV.sql
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_A00_LINHAVV.sql
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_C00_PARAMPROGRELACIONAMENTO.sql
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_G00.sql
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERCLIENTE.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERCLIENTESINCRONISMO.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERCLIENTESISTEMAORIGEM.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERDOCSINCRONISMO.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERLINHADOC.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERLINHAPRESINCRONISMO.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERLINHASCLIENTE.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERPLANOSINCRONISMO.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_PRC_PRC_MANTERPRHISTORICO.SQL
Scripts/Rollback/R_VIVOVALORIZA_SEQ_PARAMPROGRELACIONAMENTOSQ.SQL
Sequences/VIVOVALORIZA_SEQ_PARAMPROGRELACIONAMENTOSQ.SQL
Views/CUSTOMER_VW_VIVOVALORIZA.SQL

Why it´s correct now? supressing one "."  of  string "..." in DIFF command?

Reggards,

Sergio

SERGIO COUTINHO · Answer

Sorry,

This is the first time i use ATLASSIAN site. My feedback is reported like a new asnwer.

Reggards,

Sergio