Re: diff <commit> using 3-dot behavior

From: Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 24, 2016, 16:10 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHd499DTkxAmLhEyGc4t+g1gFBnJpVRwgS5dhRRE=E+pUU5WDg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <9efbdfbb-4c82-1355-1f89-5edca7135179@drmicha.warpmail.net>

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:

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> The 3-dot notation means:
>
> Show the difference between the merge-base of master and topic, and topic.
>
> I'm not completely sure, but I guess what you want is:
>
> Show the difference between the merge-base of master and topic, and the
> worktree.
>
> You can accomplish this with:
>
> git diff $(git merge-base master topic)
>
> I guess a shorter notation for that could come in handy. OTOH, I usually
> diff against HEAD in a situation like that.

Great solution. I feel silly now, the answer ended up being rather obvious. I can create an alias for that. But I can't diff against HEAD because then I am not seeing a diff of changes already committed. Thanks for your help.