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Re: [PATCH/RFC] Add [] as an alias for a reference to the empty tree

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 8, 2010, 05:24 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> Based on past discussions, I suspect other people would be interested
> in:
>
>   $ git diff [index] HEAD
>   $ git diff HEAD [index]
>   $ git diff [working-tree] [index]
>
> etc. I don't think I would want to type those all the time,...

If you go that route, why not use INDEX and WORKTREE (all caps) to at least avoid the brackets? I am not personally interested in [] at all, but as part of that repertoire of syntactic sugar tokens EMPTY might be able to sneak in [*1*]

[Footnote]

*1* Without that "[]" syntax, the feature is "Meh" for me, but with the syntax, it becomes "Yuck". The reason I am not interested in the feature is because I don't see much value in running "git diff EMPTY <anything>". Perhaps "git archive" might be what the user really wants to find.

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  1. Add [] as an alias for a reference to the empty treePeter Kjellerstedt, May 7, 2010
  2. Jeff KingMay 8, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2010
  4. Jeff KingMay 8, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederMay 8, 2010
  6. Peter KjellerstedtMay 10, 2010
  7. Jeff KingMay 10, 2010
  8. Sverre RabbelierMay 10, 2010
  9. Jeff KingMay 10, 2010
  10. Sverre RabbelierMay 10, 2010

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