Re: [PATCH] BreakingChanges: say that `git diff X..Y` syntax will be removed in 3.0

From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Oct 16, 2025, 17:02 UTC
Message-ID: <d47e137b-c34d-49c9-bf45-226cbcdba416@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAESOdVAEN=YeMqozR4438L-U7mZ3nhRnMB5PV_sUPmwuWSkbhQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Oct 16, 2025, at 18:38, Martin von Zweigbergk wrote:

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> On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 at 06:44, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>[snip]
>>
>> The same for "git checkout master..."  that detaches HEAD at the
>> fork point of the current topic (so that I can "git am" in a new
>> iteration of patches on top).
>
> I couldn't get this to work:
>
> $ git checkout main... --
> fatal: invalid reference: main...

`git checkout X...` works for me. Apparently it is this part of the doc: “As a special case, you may use <rev-a>...<rev-b> [...]”

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>
> But don't worry about it. I think your point about there being other
> commands that support the triple-dot syntax is still valid.
>
>>  As the syntax "git diff master..."
>> is symmetric with it, if one were to change, both should change to
>> the same.
>[snip]