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Re: Three dot notion used inconsitent?

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Nov 18, 2015, 17:49 UTC
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Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> writes:
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> git diff branchA...branchB
> --> gives me the diff between (the common ancestor of A and B) and B. That means I never see changes on branchA.
>
> git log branchA...branchB
> --> gives me the commits reachable from A and B. That includes changes from branchA.
>
> Is this because of a design decision that I do not (yet) understand or is this inconsistent for historical reasons?

git diff operates on two revisions. That is inherently incompatible with the usual meaning of A...B and A..B, which are set operations on the revision history. That git diff accepts this syntax is only for convenience.

Andreas.
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  1. Lars SchneiderNov 18, 2015
  2. Johannes LöthbergNov 18, 2015
  3. Andreas SchwabNov 18, 2015
  4. Michael J GruberNov 20, 2015

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