Can GitHub show the history of changes made to one file in patch form?
GitVersion ControlGithubGit Problem Overview
If you do git log --patch -- path/to/file, you will get the history of the file along with a diff of all the changes made to it with each commit, like this:
$ git log --patch -- git-rebase.sh
commit 20351bb06bf4d32ef3d1a6849d01636f6593339f
Author: Ramkumar Ramachandra <[email protected]>
Date: Sat Jun 15 18:43:26 2013 +0530
rebase: use 'git stash store' to simplify logic
rebase has no reason to know about the implementation of the stash. In
the case when applying the autostash results in conflicts, replace the
relevant code in finish_rebase () to simply call 'git stash store'.
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index d0c11a9..17be392 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -153,11 +153,8 @@ finish_rebase () {
then
echo "$(gettext 'Applied autostash.')"
else
- ref_stash=refs/stash &&
- >>"$GIT_DIR/logs/$ref_stash" &&
- git update-ref -m "autostash" $ref_stash $stash_sha1 ||
- die "$(eval_gettext 'Cannot store $stash_sha1')"
-
+ git stash store -m "autostash" -q $stash_sha1 ||
+ die "$(eval_gettext "Cannot store \$stash_sha1")"
gettext 'Applying autostash resulted in conflicts.
Your changes are safe in the stash.
You can run "git stash pop" or "git stash drop" it at any time.
commit 2e6e276decde2a9f04fc29bce734a49d3ba8f484
Author: Ramkumar Ramachandra <[email protected]>
Date: Fri Jun 14 18:47:52 2013 +0530
rebase: use peel_committish() where appropriate
The revisions specified on the command-line as <onto> and <upstream>
arguments could be of the form :/quuxery; so, use peel_committish() to
resolve them. The failing tests in t/rebase and t/rebase-interactive
now pass.
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index d0c11a9..6987b9b 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ then
shift
;;
esac
- upstream=`git rev-parse --verify "${upstream_name}^0"` ||
+ upstream=$(peel_committish "${upstream_name}") ||
die "$(eval_gettext "invalid upstream \$upstream_name")"
upstream_arg="$upstream_name"
else
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ case "$onto_name" in
fi
;;
*)
- onto=$(git rev-parse --verify "${onto_name}^0") ||
+ onto=$(peel_committish "$onto_name") ||
die "$(eval_gettext "Does not point to a valid commit: \$onto_name")"
;;
esac
I want to be able to get the same kind of format using GitHub's web interface (not the command line), and I want a link to send to someone else without the code.
Git Solutions
Solution 1 - Git
The following URL will show all the commits for a single file in a format similar to git log -p:
http://github.com/<username>/<project>/commits/<branch>/<path/to/file>
...where:
<username>is the username of the person that owns the repo<project>is the repo name<branch>can be 'master' or any other branch<path/to/file>is hopefully self-explanatory
Picking at (somewhat) random, here is an example from the vim-fugitive repo.
Solution 2 - Git
Based on the answers above and my own attempts to find this exact feature, it appears the correct answer to this question is no.
Edit: before you down vote, maybe try and prove me wrong. Sometimes the correct answer isn't what you want to hear.
Solution 3 - Git
An alternative to the direct URL answer (which BTW is perfectly correct) using GitHub's interface is to:
- Click on 'Source' view
- Switch to a desired branch
- Look for the file you want until you get to the actual source view for the file
- Click 'history' on the top right corner
Solution 4 - Git
If you're on Linux, Then install TIG as:
> sudo apt-get install tig
and then,
> tig path/to/file/
It'll show you all the commits and their respective changes
Talat Parwez