From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CCB320248 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 17:24:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728755AbfCLRYS (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:24:18 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:49177 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729807AbfCLRYM (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:24:12 -0400 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44JhfJ6tb2z1r93G; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:24:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44JhfJ63nwz1qrvg; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:24:08 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id KDtkXb9z2JOn; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:24:07 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: 9l7ZXhmuoxTCZW1qVvn28ENjMzcH+GG33w1/846oUzcaDZQRbIQcMnQ+m3RlTfP9 Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-168-24.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.168.24]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:24:07 +0100 (CET) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 323CD2C1EE9; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:24:07 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Schwab To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Denton Liu , Git Mailing List , Philip Oakley , Elijah Newren , Viresh Kumar , vincent.guittot@linaro.org, Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: Deprecating git diff ..; dealing with other ranges References: <20190311093751.GA31092@archbookpro.localdomain> X-Yow: This is my WILLIAM BENDIX memorial CORNER where I worship William Bendix like a GOD!! Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:24:07 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:17:28 +0900") Message-ID: <87va0orop4.fsf@igel.home> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mär 12 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I however think it may be worth making sure that our docs do not > encourage "diff A..B" and teach "diff A B" when comparing two > endpoints. That can be done without changing anything in the code. The nice thing about "diff A..B" is that you can c&p the output from the fetch run without the need to edit it. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."