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Re: [PATCH 0/6] Optionally restrict range-diff output to "left" or "right" range only

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 4, 2021, 22:41 UTC
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"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

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> One of my quite common workflows is to see whether an ancient topic branch I
> have lying about has made it into Git. Since my local commit OIDs have
> nothing to do with the OIDs of the corresponding commits in git/git, my only
> way is to fire up git range-diff ...upstream/master, but of course that
> output contains way more commits than I care about.
>
> To help this use case, here is a patch series that teaches git range-diff
> the --left-only and --right-only options in the end, restricting the output
> to those commits and commit pairs that correspond to the commits in the
> first and the second range, respectively.
Makes sense.
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Message 10 of 22 in “Optionally restrict range-diff output to "left" or "right" range only”
  1. 0/6 Optionally restrict range-diff output to "left" or "right" range onlyJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 4, 2021
  2. 3/6 range-diff: simplify code spawning `git log`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 4, 2021
  3. 1/6 range-diff: avoid leaking memory in two error code pathsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 4, 2021
  4. 2/6 range-diff: libify the read_patches() function againJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 4, 2021
  5. 4/6 range-diff: combine all options in a single data structureJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 4, 2021
  6. Eric SunshineFeb 4, 2021
  7. Johannes SchindelinFeb 5, 2021
  8. 6/6 range-diff: offer --left-only/--right-only optionsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 4, 2021
  9. 5/6 range-diff: move the diffopt initialization down one layerJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 4, 2021
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2021
  11. Taylor BlauFeb 4, 2021
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2021
  13. Jeff KingFeb 5, 2021
  14. Johannes SchindelinFeb 8, 2021
  15. Taylor BlauFeb 5, 2021
  16. 0/6 Optionally restrict range-diff output to "left" or "right" range onlyJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 5, 2021
  17. 3/6 range-diff: simplify code spawning `git log`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 5, 2021
  18. 5/6 range-diff: move the diffopt initialization down one layerJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 5, 2021
  19. 2/6 range-diff: libify the read_patches() function againJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 5, 2021
  20. 6/6 range-diff: offer --left-only/--right-only optionsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 5, 2021
  21. 1/6 range-diff: avoid leaking memory in two error code pathsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 5, 2021
  22. 4/6 range-diff: combine all options in a single data structureJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Feb 5, 2021

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