Re: diff <commit> using 3-dot behavior

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Aug 24, 2016, 21:39 UTC
Message-ID: <20160824213934.vyfikgj5cccku57z@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CA+P7+xpv--eA8rdgwGLRCucSpVD5X9LjiN3_3Oo9o4L0t5Uk9Q@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 01:48:30PM -0700, Jacob Keller wrote:

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> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> > The merge-base is to compute the point you forked your topic from
> > the mainline.  So if you want to compare your current state in the
> > index with the fork point, you'd do
> >
> >         git diff --cached $(git merge-base master topic)
> >
> > and comparing your working tree state would be
> >
> >         git diff --cached $(git merge-base master topic)
> >
> 
> Those are both identical?

I imagine the second one just meant to drop "--cached".

-Peff