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From: "David Symonds" <dsymonds@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-diff: Add --staged as a synonym for --cached.
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:37:37 +1100
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On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

> And I am not proposing a change here (except to perhaps "git diff
> --staged" instead of "--cached"). Just pointing out that it does not
> follow the "--staged operates on both, --staged-only operates on just
> the index" rule.

So apart from the wider discussion, I think this patch by itself is a
nice step forward towards improving the UI of this part of git. Is
there any further discussion on this one alone?


Dave.