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Re: How to compare different files in different branches

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 8, 2008, 09:51 UTC
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Nico -telmich- Schottelius <nico-git-20080606@schottelius.org> writes:
> Very nice syntax, somehow guessed that this is available, but didn't
> try... my fault. 
>
> Perhaps we should reference git-rev-list(1) from git-diff(1), too?

This is just the standard syntax to name blob _anywhere_, so we should not hide it in git-rev-list(1) but somewhere people would read before reading any "technical manual" material, perhaps in the tutorial and git(1).

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  2. Jonathan del StrotherJun 6, 2008
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  5. Teemu LikonenJun 6, 2008
  6. Nico -telmich- SchotteliusJun 8, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2008
  8. Ask Bjørn HansenJun 15, 2008
  9. git-svn breaks svn when adding .svnNico -telmich- Schottelius, Jun 16, 2008
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