[NCLUG] crazy git question

[Ben West]

Hi,

I want to recommend you get a good diff tool that shows directory-wise
changes.  If it updates when you're files do, that's ideal. Meld for Linux
or kaleidoscope for osx are good choices.

Use git bisect to check each version using gits tools.  I think bisect will
allow you to essentially do a binary search for your match.

-- Ben

On Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 4:18 PM Gabriel L. Somlo <gsomlo at gmail.com wrote:

> I have a point-in-time tarball of a project from 2016, probably with
> some local hacks applied, but with no .git metadata directory.
>
> I have (access to) the real, upstream project on Github, from where I
> can clone a current copy, complete with full commit history.
>
> Is there some automated way to locate the "closest" upstream commit to
> the state of my (probably hacked) tarball ?
>
> Right now, I went back in the commit log to around the day, month, and
> year associated with the files in the tarball, and I'm checking for
> the presence of individual commits' changes in my tarball, trying to
> find the first upstream commit that's *not* reflected in the tarball :)
>
> That's slow and awkward, and I'm hoping there's a better way...
>
> Tried articulating this in a google search, but that didn't get me very
> far :)
>
> Any ideas much appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> --Gabriel
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