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Re: Deprecating git diff ..; dealing with other ranges

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Mar 12, 2019, 17:24 UTC
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On Mär 12 2019, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> I however think it may be worth making sure that our docs do not
> encourage "diff A..B" and teach "diff A B" when comparing two
> endpoints.  That can be done without changing anything in the code.

The nice thing about "diff A..B" is that you can c&p the output from the fetch run without the need to edit it.

Andreas.
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Message 5 of 14 in “Deprecating git diff ..; dealing with other ranges”
  1. Denton LiuMar 11, 2019
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 11, 2019
  3. Elijah NewrenMar 11, 2019
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2019
  5. Andreas SchwabMar 12, 2019
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 12, 2019
  7. Johannes SixtMar 13, 2019
  8. Elijah NewrenMar 18, 2019
  9. Michal SuchánekMar 18, 2019
  10. Elijah NewrenMar 18, 2019
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 18, 2019
  12. Duy NguyenMar 13, 2019
  13. Andreas SchwabMar 13, 2019
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2019

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