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  • Generating patch text with -p

Selecting Commits

Commits between tag v1.0 and HEAD:

$ git log v1.0..HEAD

Diff between tag v1.0 and HEAD in patch format:

$ git log v1.0..HEAD -p

Formatting Output

Parent hashes + commit hash:

$ git log --format="%P %H"
$ git log --format="%P %H" | xargs -r -L1 git diff   # Diff every commit against its parent(s)