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Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/2] New 'stage' command

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 6, 2009, 19:13 UTC
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On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se> writes:
>
>> What do you mean? This was a suggestion for how git diff should
>> work. I fail to see how you would need a WORKTREEANDTHEINDEX there.
>
> You are talking only about "git diff".  I am talking about the whole git
> suite, because you have to worry about how such a proposal would affect
> other parts of the UI.

How do currently do you something like this: git diff HEAD^..STAGE

You can't.

This is not an issue for any other git commands, that's why --stage, --cache, --index make sense for _other_ commands, not 'git diff'.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Björn Steinbrink
Message 28 of 38 in “New 'stage' command”
  1. 0/2 New 'stage' commandFelipe Contreras, Apr 5, 2009
  2. 1/2 git: remote stageFelipe Contreras, Apr 5, 2009
  3. 2/2 Add new 'git stage' scriptFelipe Contreras, Apr 5, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2009
  5. Felipe ContrerasApr 5, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2009
  8. Felipe ContrerasApr 5, 2009
  9. Jay SoffianApr 5, 2009
  10. Felipe ContrerasApr 5, 2009
  11. 0/2 Re: New 'stage' commandNicolas Sebrecht, Apr 5, 2009
  12. Markus HeidelbergApr 5, 2009
  13. Felipe ContrerasApr 5, 2009
  14. Björn SteinbrinkApr 5, 2009
  15. Markus HeidelbergApr 5, 2009
  16. Björn SteinbrinkApr 6, 2009
  17. Markus HeidelbergApr 5, 2009
  18. Sverre RabbelierApr 5, 2009
  19. Johannes SchindelinApr 5, 2009
  20. Felipe ContrerasApr 6, 2009
  21. David AguilarApr 6, 2009
  22. Junio C HamanoApr 6, 2009
  23. David AguilarApr 6, 2009
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 6, 2009
  25. David KågedalApr 6, 2009
  26. David KågedalApr 6, 2009
  27. Junio C HamanoApr 6, 2009
  28. Felipe ContrerasApr 6, 2009
  29. Björn SteinbrinkApr 6, 2009
  30. Felipe ContrerasApr 7, 2009
  31. Johannes SchindelinApr 7, 2009
  32. Matthieu MoyApr 6, 2009
  33. Junio C HamanoApr 7, 2009
  34. Stefan KarpinskiApr 7, 2009
  35. Octavio AlvarezApr 7, 2009
  36. Junio C HamanoApr 7, 2009
  37. Octavio AlvarezApr 7, 2009
  38. Octavio AlvarezApr 7, 2009

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