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Re: [PATCH] "git diff <tree>{3,}": do not reverse order of arguments

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Oct 11, 2008, 12:53 UTC
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2008/10/11 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
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> Perhaps the thinko was caused by discrepancy between the way internal
> revision parser handles A..B and the way git-rev-parse parses it.  While
> the internal revision parser parses it into "A ^B", rev-parse gives them
> in reverse order, i.e. "B ^A" (which is not going to change).  In any
> case, thanks for spotting this.
Ehm, do you mean the internal parses it into "A ^B" and rev-parse gives "^B A"?
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Mikael Magnusson
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  1. "git diff <tree>{3,}": do not reverse order of argumentsMatt McCutchen, Oct 11, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2008
  3. Mikael MagnussonOct 11, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2008

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