I used git difftool to get the diff in between 2 commits in context format by using
git difftool -y -x "diff -c" $1 $2 >>./tempFiles/diffAll.txt
here $1 and $2 are two commit hashes which are passed as command line arguments to the shell script containing the above code.
In the context format as mentioned in here, we can easily identify the lines which are modified ( with ! mark), added (with + mark) and deleted( with - mark).
part of the output I got from the above is as follows (from latest to oldest),
latest commit
*** modules/p2-profile-gen/pom.xml 2016-11-30 12:39:29.882731844 +0530
--- /tmp/i1pg5a_pom.xml 2016-12-06 14:35:03.860669316 +0530
***************
*** 1300,1309 ****
<id>org.wso2.carbon.identity.authz.server.feature.group</id>
<version>${carbon.identity.auth.version}</version>
</feature>
! <feature>
! <id>org.wso2.carbon.identity.context.rewrite.server.feature.group</id>
! <version>${carbon.identity.auth.version}</version>
! </feature>
</features>
</configuration>
--- 1292,1298 ----
<id>org.wso2.carbon.identity.authz.server.feature.group</id>
<version>${carbon.identity.auth.version}</version>
</feature>
!
</features>
</configuration>
old commit
*** /tmp/caN3su_pom.xml 2016-12-06 14:35:04.260667699 +0530
--- modules/p2-profile-gen/pom.xml 2016-11-30 12:39:29.882731844 +0530
***************
*** 1292,1298 ****
<id>org.wso2.carbon.identity.authz.server.feature.group</id>
<version>${carbon.identity.auth.version}</version>
</feature>
!
</features>
</configuration>
--- 1300,1309 ----
<id>org.wso2.carbon.identity.authz.server.feature.group</id>
<version>${carbon.identity.auth.version}</version>
</feature>
! <feature>
! <id>org.wso2.carbon.identity.context.rewrite.server.feature.group</id>
! <version>${carbon.identity.auth.version}</version>
! </feature>
</features>
</configuration>
can someone help me to figure out what is actually meant by ! mark in here.
