GitHub compare view for current versions of branches

Question

Is there a way to use GitHub\'s \"compare view\" to view the diff between the current versions of two branches? (That is, to view the same diff that you would get if y

Answer 1

GitHub only supports the triple dots (...) range shortcut specification.

From the git diff documentation:

git diff [--options] .. [--] […]

This is synonymous to the previous form. If on one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as using HEAD instead.

git diff [--options] ... [--] […]

This form is to view the changes on the branch containing and up to the second , starting at a common ancestor of both . "git diff A...B" is equivalent to "git diff $(git-merge-base A B) B". You can omit any one of , which has the same effect as using HEAD instead.