Diff between commits in Visual Studio 2015 using git

Question

Using Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 and git as source control, how do you diff between 2 commits on a branch? Note that I am not talking about diff on the granular fil

Answer 1

In Visual Studio 2015, to get a diff with two non-consecutive commits:

• Make sure the two commits are on different branches
• Checkout the earlier commit, then right-click on it in Team Explorer and choose "Merge From"
• Select the later commit to merge from. Make sure the "Commit changes after merging" checkbox is NOT checked then click on Merge
• All changes will be shown between the two commits in the "Changes" view of Team Explorer. You can Abort the Merge after you're done with the diff if you wish