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Re: Incorrect man page for git-diff

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 18, 2012, 18:11 UTC
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Manlio Perillo <manlio.perillo@gmail.com> writes:
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> Documentation seems to suggest this is supported, but it is not true:
>
>   $ git diff HEAD:git.c HEAD~100:git.c -- git.c
>   usage: git diff [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...]
>
> unless I'm missing something.

Neither HEAD:git.c nor HEAD~100:git.c are commits. You are comparing two blob objects in their raw forms without textconv nor filter.

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