From: Francis Moreau Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:21:32 GMT Subject: Re: Confusion about diffing branches Message-ID: <38b2ab8a0708270621l63f3da56j4667014e62a5de92@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070827075009.GA31438@glandium.org> Hi ! On 8/27/07, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 12:07:39AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Both semantics of two-dot form and three-dot form are useful, > > and choice between the two depends on what you want out of the > > command. You just need to know which one you want. > > The problem is not about usefulness of these 2 forms, but consistency > with the rest of the tools. > If I go git log a..b, I won't get the set of commits involved in > git diff a..b. In fact, git log a...b does. And git log a..b gives the > commits involved in git diff a...b. Confusing, isn't it ? > Moreover, this inconsistency isn't even documented in the manual pages. > This "inconsistency" had already been raised before. Please refer to: http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0612/35354.html I shared and still share your feeling about that but it seems that Junio and Linus don't... good luck ;) -- Francis