Re: [PATCH v2 02/18] Add a new builtin: branch-diff

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 22, 2018, 02:08 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqin7gzbkb.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180521215216.GB16623@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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>> I haven't really been following all of the discussion but from what I
>> can tell the point of this command is to generate a diff based on two
>> different versions of a series, so why not call it 'series-diff'? :)
>
> That's OK with me, though I prefer "range" as I think we use that term
> elsewhere ("series" is usually part of "patch series", but many people
> do not use a workflow with that term).

FWIW, I am OK with either, with a bit of preference to "range" over "series". As long as this stays to be an independent command (as opposed to be made into a new mode to existing command) and the command name is not overly hard to type, I am OK with anything ;-)

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