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Old 03-12-2019, 11:38 PM   #1
MrBright2019
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diff --git command returning 'unrecognized' option. Is instruction wrong?


Hello, I need to execute the task below in a Linux Ubuntu VM. Am I missing anything here or maybe the instruction is wrong?
On my VM, I go to directory:
guy@ubuntu:~/sonic-mgmt/ansible$
guy@ubuntu:~/sonic-mgmt/ansible$ git diff
guy@ubuntu:~/sonic-mgmt/ansible$ diff --git a/ansible/veos.vtb b/ansible/veos.vtb
diff: unrecognized option '--git'
diff: Try 'diff --help' for more information.
guy@ubuntu:~/sonic-mgmt/ansible$


Steps to follow is:
lgh@gulv-vm2:/data/sonic/sonic-mgmt/ansible$ git diff
diff --git a/ansible/veos.vtb b/ansible/veos.vtb
index 4ea5a7a..4cfc448 100644
--- a/ansible/veos.vtb
+++ b/ansible/veos.vtb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
[vm_host_1]
-STR-ACS-VSERV-01 ansible_host=172.17.0.1 ansible_user=use_own_value
+STR-ACS-VSERV-01 ansible_host=172.17.0.1 ansible_user=lgh

[vm_host:children]
vm_host_1


Complete documentation:
https://github.com/Azure/sonic-mgmt/...bed.VsSetup.md

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Old 03-13-2019, 01:18 AM   #2
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You misinterpret the instructions. diff --git is the first output line of the git diff command. You are not supposed to enter this.
 
Old 03-13-2019, 02:41 AM   #3
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That said, can you kindly highlight exactly what I am supposed to be typing in the instruction above?
I am running “git diff” and it works. But I dont see any output produced. Help clarifying exactly what i am supposed to be typing is much appreciated.

QUOTE=berndbausch;5973273]You misinterpret the instructions. diff --git is the first output line of the git diff command. You are not supposed to enter this.[/QUOTE]
 
Old 03-13-2019, 03:01 AM   #4
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git diff is the command and all the other lines (from diff --git) are the response.
 
Old 03-13-2019, 07:12 AM   #5
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That said, can you kindly highlight exactly what I am supposed to be typing in the instruction above?
The lines that have a shell prompt, either $ for normal users, or # for root.
Quote:
I am running “git diff” and it works. But I dont see any output produced. Help clarifying exactly what i am supposed to be typing is much appreciated.
If git diff produces no output, the files that are managed by git are unchanged since the last commit. Since I don’t know sonic-mgmt and its installation procedure, I can’t tell whether this indicates a problem.
 
Old 03-13-2019, 08:33 AM   #6
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This is not really a Linux question, git can be used on any type of system. So I will move it to General.

The way I perform git diff is something like:
Code:
$ git diff main/myfile.c
Where the file is under a sub-directory and this would be the matching name. There are tons of options, such as you can use a specific commit to compare your copy against. The most typical thing I might do is to compare a pending changed file, against what the repository currently contains.
 
Old 03-13-2019, 05:00 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by MrBright2019 View Post
I would interpret that as, edit the file ansible/veos.vtb, such that running git diff will show that output. Which is to say, open ansible/veos.vtb in a text editor, find the line saying "STR-ACS-VSERV-01 ansible_host=172.17.0.1 ansible_user=use_own_value" and change it to "STR-ACS-VSERV-01 ansible_host=172.17.0.1 ansible_user=lgh"

Quote:
Modify login user name

Code:
lgh@gulv-vm2:/data/sonic/sonic-mgmt/ansible$ git diff
diff --git a/ansible/veos.vtb b/ansible/veos.vtb
index 4ea5a7a..4cfc448 100644
--- a/ansible/veos.vtb
+++ b/ansible/veos.vtb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
[vm_host_1]
-STR-ACS-VSERV-01 ansible_host=172.17.0.1 ansible_user=use_own_value
+STR-ACS-VSERV-01 ansible_host=172.17.0.1 ansible_user=lgh

 [vm_host:children]
vm_host_1
 
  


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