From: Linus Torvalds Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:34:18 GMT Subject: Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <877iwjinda.wl%cworth@cworth.org> On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Carl Worth wrote: > > I can understand the advantage of a shortcut like "git diff ..next", > but I still don't understand why it's the comparison of HEAD and next > that's really interesting here. I can't understand why people complain about this. YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT. Nobvody forces you. Really. And dammit, if I want to compare HEAD and next, I compare HEAD and next. You have absolutely no business saying that you don't understand why I'd want to do it. It's MY LIFE. > But, really, I still don't understand exactly _what_ "diff a..b" even > means. Can you explain it to me? It means exactly the same as "diff a b". It's that simple. So now go away. Stop complaining. Linus