My question is related to a question I asked some time ago: Git diff directories.
This works but it copies the current working tree files to a temporary folder. So actually I am only comparing copies.
What I would like to do is compare a commit to the real working tree and not a copy of the working tree. In this case I could work on the real files taking single lines to my current source inside my diff tool (Beyondcompare - Windows platform).
I tried several commands:
git difftool -d commit1
git difftool -d commit1 HEAD
git difftool -d commit1 [WorkingFolder]
Nothing worked. Beyondcompare opens: /tempfolder_left/ compared to /tempfolder_right/.
Changes in the difftool are, of course, not copied to the working folder then.
Is this possible at all?