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Git Log difference between 2 releases

Running on Windows I have difficulty trying to get the following working:

This delivers nothing:

git log --oneline -- 'release/1.4.34'...'release/1.4.35'

This delivers an error "fatal: ambiguous argument ''release/1.4.33'...'release/1.4.34'': unknown revision or path not in the working tree. Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this: 'git [...] -- [...]'" 

git log --oneline 'release/1.4.33'...'release/1.4.34'

This delivers: fatal: bad revision ''release/1.4.33'...'release/1.4.34''

git log --oneline 'release/1.4.33'...'release/1.4.34' --

Without quotes delivers: fatal: ambiguous argument 'release/1.4.33...release/1.4.34': unknown revision or path not in the working tree. Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this: 'git [...] -- [...]'

git log --oneline release/1.4.33...release/1.4.34

Basically I want all commits between 2 releases.

UPDATE

Found it! the Ambiguity was ofcourse between origin and the local... working:

git log --oneline origin/release/1.4.33...origin/release/1.4.34
Solution

  • Remove the quotes :

    git log --oneline release/1.4.33...release/1.4.34

    As a sidenote, -- is used to tell git "every argument which follows is to be taken as path", you don't need it for what you're trying to achieve.

    Also, since 1.4.34 is obviously posterior to 1.4.33, you wouldn't have to use symetrical difference (A...B) but probably rather a simple range (A..B)