From: Arthur Etchells Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:43:04 GMT Subject: Inconsistency in specifying commit & path for git diff Message-ID: <50747E48.3060203@gmail.com> git diff .. and git diff both succeed however git diff :..: fails while git diff : : succeeds OS X 10.7.5 git version 1.7.9.1 Reproduced by another user: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12805004/git-cherry-pick-creates-blobs-not-commits#comment17319876_12805004 It seems logical to support the '..' syntax in both for consistency.