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title: "see previous commit changes"
date: 2020-01-11T04:45:42+01:00
draft: false
snippet_types: ["git"]
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`git log -p -2` or `git lg -p -2`

Viewing previous changes was something I relied on a GUI's for, like GitLab/Source-Tree, until I found this command! The **-p** stands for **--patch** and the **-2** stands for last two commits. 

source:

[git docs](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Viewing-the-Commit-History)