View Web Interface Showing Commit Differences — create_url_commit

Generates a URL to GitHub's web-based commit comparison interface and opens it if session is interactive.

Usage

create_url_commit_diff(user, repo, start, end)

browse_commit_diff(user, repo, start, end)

Arguments

user: Name of the User Account
repo: Name of the Repository
start: Start commit, tag, date, or branch
end: End commit, tag, date, or branch

Value

A URL of the form:

`https://github.com/<user>/<repo>/compare/<start>...<end>`

Details

The gist of possible comparisons is given in the next table.

| Comparison Type | start | end | |:------------------|:-------------------:|:-----------------------------------------:| | Forks | `master` | `octo-org:master` | | Tags | `v2.2.0` | `octocat:v2.3.3` | | Branches | `master` | `octocat:an-example-comparison-for-docs` | | Time | `master@2weeks` | `master` | | Time | `master@MM-DD-YY` | `master` | | Commits | `c3a414e` | `faf7c6f` | | Commits | `96d29b7^^^^^` | `96d29b7` |

References

<https://help.github.com/en/articles/comparing-commits-across-time>

Examples


browse_commit_diff("coatless", "ghapi3", start = "ab469f8", end = "f15f06e")