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Re: [PATCH] git-diff: Add --staged as a synonym for --cached.

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 12, 2008, 08:33 UTC
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:04:42PM -0500, Avery Pennarun wrote:
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> Speaking just for myself, I would find this all a lot less confusing
> if "staged" were a refspec of some sort, not an option at all.
> 
>    git diff HEAD..STAGED
>    git diff STAGED..WORKTREE
>    git grep pattern STAGED HEAD sillybranch WORKTREE ^ignorebranch --
> path/to/files

I agree that such a thing is reasonably intuitive. I have thought about "magic" refspecs before; my local git has an "EMPTY" refspec which points to the empty tree for diffing. However, that was trivial to implement (since it turns into a sha1), and yours is very hard (since you will have to pass these "pretend" objects around).

So I think it is a neat idea, but I am not volunteering to work on it. :)

-Peff
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  1. git-diff: Add --staged as a synonym for --cached.David Symonds, Oct 29, 2008
  2. Jeff KingOct 29, 2008
  3. David SymondsOct 29, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 29, 2008
  5. Jeff KingOct 29, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2008
  7. Jeff KingNov 3, 2008
  8. Björn SteinbrinkNov 2, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2008
  10. Björn SteinbrinkNov 2, 2008
  11. Jeff KingNov 3, 2008
  12. David SymondsNov 10, 2008
  13. Jeff KingNov 11, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2008
  15. Jeff KingNov 11, 2008
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2008
  17. Avery PennarunNov 11, 2008
  18. Miles BaderNov 11, 2008
  19. Jeff KingNov 12, 2008
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  21. Jeff KingNov 12, 2008
  22. Avery PennarunNov 12, 2008
  23. Jeff KingNov 12, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2008
  25. Jeff KingNov 12, 2008
  26. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2008
  27. Avery PennarunNov 12, 2008
  28. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2008
  29. Avery PennarunNov 12, 2008

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