Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Aug 27, 2008, 20:50 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808271345340.3363@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <48B5B7F3.4080803@pobox.com>

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> 
> Also, I type "git-diff-tree" quite a lot.

Why?

I'd suggest you just type "git diff" (if you diff two trees) or "git show" (if you want to see just one commit) instead.

There is _no_ reason to use diff-tree, it's purely a historical command due to how the implementation was done (ie diffing two trees is a very different operation from diffing against the index when looked at from an implementation standpoint).

		Linus

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