Re: [PATCH] git-rebase: Add a -v option to show a diffstat of the changes upstream at the start of a rebase.

> Robert Shearman <rob@codeweavers.com> writes:
> > +-v, \--verbose::
> > +	Display a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last rebase.
> > +
> 
> I initially was a bit surprised that you did not show diff
> between onto and our HEAD (i.e. show the damages contained in
> the topic you are rebasing that will be inflicted on upstream),
> but I think your way of showing the upstream changes makes more
> sense.  From the workflow point of view, this is for people who
> rebase instead of pull, and when pulling we show what the
> upstream did while we were looking the other way, so this
> naturally matches that behaviour for rebase.  I would say it is
> a good thinking.