From: Alexey Shumkin <alex.crezoff@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:08:13 GMT
Subject: Re: Q: "git diff" using tag names
Message-ID: <20111103000813.66dd2685@zappedws>
In-Reply-To: <CAH6sp9OdjNZ6_j-eSFMpecUcxW_y6fpkDZ0cRds62wOrc12x-Q@mail.gmail.com>

thanks )

> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Alexey Shumkin
> <alex.crezoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >> Also it seems that both syntaxes work:
> >> git diff v0.4..v0.5
> >> git diff v0.4 v0.5
> > honestly, I do not know the difference (at the moment :))
> > may be gurus or manual will help to discover it
> 
> As per the git-diff documentation, these two versions behave equally
> -- i.e. no differences.
> 
> Comparing branches
> $ git diff topic master    <1>
> $ git diff topic..master   <2>
> $ git diff topic...master  <3>
> ‪1.‬ Changes between the tips of the topic and the master branches.
> ‪2.‬ Same as above.
> ‪3.‬ Changes that occurred on the master branch since when the topic
> branch was started off it.
> 
> Cheers,
> Frans