Re: diff <commit> using 3-dot behavior

From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 24, 2016, 20:48 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+P7+xpv--eA8rdgwGLRCucSpVD5X9LjiN3_3Oo9o4L0t5Uk9Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqbn0irvan.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> The merge-base is to compute the point you forked your topic from
> the mainline.  So if you want to compare your current state in the
> index with the fork point, you'd do
>
>         git diff --cached $(git merge-base master topic)
>
> and comparing your working tree state would be
>
>         git diff --cached $(git merge-base master topic)
>

Those are both identical?

Thanks, Jake