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Re: [PATCH] warn use of "git diff A..B"

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 24, 2011, 15:44 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> "git diff" (and "diff-tree") accepts a range notation "A..B" from the
> command line to specify the two endpoints to be compared; the right way to
> spell this would be "git diff A B".  This is merely a historical accident
> that comes from the fact that "git log" family of commands and "git diff"
> happens to share some code in their command line parsers.

I think it is quite useful to acept this notation to allow for copy'n'paste from e.g. "git fetch" output:

     5e839c8..cd3065f  master     -> origin
On can simply paste "git diff 5e839c8..cd3065f".
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-- 
Jakub Narebski
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Message 3 of 10 in “diff: remove dead code that flips arguments order”
  1. diff: remove dead code that flips arguments orderJunio C Hamano, Mar 23, 2011
  2. warn use of "git diff A..B"Junio C Hamano, Mar 23, 2011
  3. Jakub NarebskiMar 24, 2011
  4. Johannes SixtMar 25, 2011
  5. Jay SoffianMar 24, 2011
  6. Jay SoffianMar 24, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2011
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 25, 2011
  9. Alex RiesenMar 27, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2011

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