hub-compare(1)

hub-compare — your GitHub compare-page bestie 💖

okay so this is hub-compare, straight outta the hub manual ✨ and the whole assignment is: open a GitHub compare page in a web browser. That’s the vibe. No cap. 🌐💅

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💖 NAME 💖

hub-compare — opens a GitHub compare page in a web browser. iconic behavior, honestly. 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

hub compare [-uc] [-b BASE]
hub compare [-uc] [OWNER] [BASE...]HEAD

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -u, --url — print the URL instead of opening it. lowkey perfect when you just want the link, iykyk 🫶
• -c, --copy — put the URL to clipboard instead of opening it. clipboard slay 💅
• -b, --base BASE — base branch to compare against in case no explicit arguments were given. bestie, that’s the default-base situation 🌸
• [BASE...]HEAD — branch names, tag names, or commit SHAs specifying the range to compare. If a range with two dots (A..B) is given, it will be transformed into a range with three dots. The BASE portion defaults to the default branch of the repository. The HEAD argument defaults to the current branch. If the current branch is not pushed to a remote, the command will error. 😭

⚠️ tiny but important vibe check: if the current branch is not pushed to a remote, the command will error. not me warning you twice — okay maybe me warning you twice 💀

• OWNER — optionally specify the owner of the repository for the compare page URL. use it when you need that OWNER slot filled 💖

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

vibe check — these are the exact examples, no edits:

$ hub compare
> open https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/compare/BRANCH

$ hub compare refactor
> open https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/compare/refactor

$ hub compare v1.0..v1.1
> open https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/compare/v1.0...v1.1

$ hub compare -u jingweno feature
https://github.com/jingweno/REPO/compare/feature

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

go say hi to hub-browse(1) and hub(1) too 💜 they’re part of the fam.

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mwah 💋 — this page is from hub version 2.14.2, dated 07 Jan 2024. periodt. 🎀