Re: [PATCH v2 02/18] Add a new builtin: branch-diff

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: May 21, 2018, 21:52 UTC
Message-ID: <20180521215216.GB16623@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20180521214057.GB125693@google.com>

On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 02:40:57PM -0700, Brandon Williams wrote:

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> > > > Most fellow German software engineers (who seem to have a knack for
> > > > idiotically long variable/function names) would now probably suggest:
> > > >
> > > >         git compare-patch-series-with-revised-patch-series
> > > 
> > > or short:
> > > 
> > >   revision-compare
> > >   compare-revs
> > >   com-revs
> > > 
> > >   revised-diff
> > >   revise-diff
> > >   revised-compare
> > > 
> > >   diff-revise
> 
> I haven't really been following all of the discussion but from what I
> can tell the point of this command is to generate a diff based on two
> different versions of a series, so why not call it 'series-diff'? :)

That's OK with me, though I prefer "range" as I think we use that term elsewhere ("series" is usually part of "patch series", but many people do not use a workflow with that term).

-Peff