From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:33:47 GMT
Subject: Re: potential improvement to 'git log' with a range
Message-ID: <i2kfabb9a1e1004091633nc70f2f19hd16ea9704f0933b0@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <w2j3abd05a91004091624mb2836ff4v118a1ae9ac5ca6e7@mail.gmail.com>

Heya,

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 01:24, Aghiles <aghilesk@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I type:
>
>    git log FETCH_HEAD~4..HEAD
>
> I get something. But if I type:
>
>    git log HEAD..FETCH_HEAD~4
>
> I get nothing. Is there a good reason for that ?

Yes, read up on the documentation as to what ".." means. Hint, a \ b
is not the same as b \ a [0].

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersection_(set_theory)

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier