For cosmetics-only commits you should get (almost) empty output from
- git diff -wb <filename(s)>
+ git diff -w -b <filename(s)>
Also check the output of
git format-patch <commit> [-o directory]
- will generate a set of patches out of the current branch starting from
- commit. By default the patches are created in the current directory.
+ will generate a set of patches for each commit between <commit> and
+ current HEAD. E.g.
+
+ git format-patch origin/master
+
+ will generate patches for all commits on current branch which are not
+ present in upstream.
+ A useful shortcut is also
+
+ git format-patch -n
+
+ which will generate patches from last n commits.
+ By default the patches are created in the current directory.
11. Sending patches for review
will send the patches created by git format-patch or directly generates
them. All the email fields can be configured in the global/local
configuration or overridden by command line.
+ Note that this tool must often be installed separately (e.g. git-email
+ package on Debian-based distros).
12. Pushing changes to remote trees