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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update git-diff documentation
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:02:25 -0500 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612141157270.18171@xanadu.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0612140957590.3635@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > -Show changes between two trees, a tree and the working tree, a
> > -tree and the index file, or the index file and the working tree.
> > -The combination of what is compared with what is determined by
> > -the number of trees given to the command.
> > +This command shows changes between four combinations of states.
> 
> I think the old explanation, while longer, is clearer.

It might not if you don't know what a "tree" is in git speak.  The 
notion of what a tree refers to is slowly introduced afterwards which I 
think is better than delivering everything in a dense four lines right 
up front.



      parent reply	other threads:[~2006-12-14 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-14  8:09 [PATCH] Update git-diff documentation Junio C Hamano
2006-12-14  8:59 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-14 12:32   ` [PATCH] Cleanup " Brian Gernhardt
2006-12-15 10:03     ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-14 17:02   ` Nicolas Pitre [this message]

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