From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FCA71F51C for ; Mon, 21 May 2018 21:52:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754357AbeEUVwU (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2018 17:52:20 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:48454 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754303AbeEUVwS (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2018 17:52:18 -0400 Received: (qmail 32714 invoked by uid 109); 21 May 2018 21:52:18 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Mon, 21 May 2018 21:52:18 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 32118 invoked by uid 111); 21 May 2018 21:52:26 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) SMTP; Mon, 21 May 2018 17:52:26 -0400 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 21 May 2018 17:52:16 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 17:52:16 -0400 From: Jeff King To: Brandon Williams Cc: Stefan Beller , Johannes Schindelin , Igor Djordjevic , Eric Sunshine , Junio C Hamano , Git List , Thomas Rast , Thomas Gummerer , =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason , Ramsay Jones , Jacob Keller Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/18] Add a new builtin: branch-diff Message-ID: <20180521215216.GB16623@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20180507074843.GC31170@sigill.intra.peff.net> <3cefc6b3-3dbd-9cb1-20d0-193116191726@gmail.com> <20180521202414.GA14250@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20180521214057.GB125693@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180521214057.GB125693@google.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 02:40:57PM -0700, Brandon Williams wrote: > > > > Most fellow German software engineers (who seem to have a knack for > > > > idiotically long variable/function names) would now probably suggest: > > > > > > > > git compare-patch-series-with-revised-patch-series > > > > > > or short: > > > > > > revision-compare > > > compare-revs > > > com-revs > > > > > > revised-diff > > > revise-diff > > > revised-compare > > > > > > diff-revise > > 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). -Peff