How to get Git diff of the first commit?

Question

I created a repo, created a file inside it, put some content in the file, and committed the file. Now, I\'d like to see a diff of that commit, which should ideally show the

Answer 1

You can do:

git diff 4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904 HEAD

4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904 is the id of the "empty tree" in Git and it's always available in every repository.

Answer 2

Maybe try with:

git log -p -n 1

Answer 3

you can try:

git show <first-commit-sha>

or if you only have 1 commit you can simply use:

git show HEAD