Re: Git workflow with upstream repository

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Bradley Wagner
[off-list ref] wrote:

If I'm working with another remote repository 'upstream' that I
perhaps don't have permissions to and then my branches are not
tracking against, how would I do something similar to be able to first
see how my branch compares to the remote and then either rebase or
pull/merge.

# show the commits in my local branch that aren't in upstream
git log upstream/master..

# show the commits in upstream that aren't in my local branch
git log ..upstream/master

# a cuter way to show the commits in upstream that aren't in my local branch
git shortlog ..upstream/master

# summarize the differences in upstream since we diverged (not
including my own changes)
git diff --stat upstream/master..

# summarize the differences between my branch and upstream (including
my changes and theirs)
# (note: three dots)
git diff --stat ...upstream/master

Have fun,

Avery