Show diff between commits

Question

I am using Git on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx).

I have made some commits to my master.

However, I want to get the difference between these commits. All of

Answer 1

To see the difference between:

Your working copy and staging area:

% git diff

Staging area and the latest commit:

% git diff --staged

Your working copy and commit 4ac0a6733:

% git diff 4ac0a6733

Commit 4ac0a6733 and the latest commit:

% git diff 4ac0a6733 HEAD

Commit 4ac0a6733 and commit 826793951

% git diff 4ac0a6733 826793951

For more explanation see the official documentation.