Re: [PATCH v2 02/18] Add a new builtin: branch-diff

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: May 22, 2018, 11:38 UTC
Message-ID: <87in7f9aym.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180508034429.GA7242@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Tue, May 08 2018, Jeff King wrote:

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> On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 03:24:59PM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote:
>
>> Hence I propose "git range-diff", similar to topic-diff, that
>> was proposed earlier.
>>
>> * it "diffs ranges" of commits.
>> * it can also deal with out-of-git things like patch series,
>>   but that is a mere by product and may not be desired.
>>   Just like git-diff can also compare two files outside a git
>>   repo, that would not be a good use case.
>>   Keep the name Git-centric!
>> * it autocompletes well.
>
> FWIW, I like this by far of all of the suggested names.

I agree, "range-diff" is the best one mentioned so far.

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