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=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,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 BE32120248 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 07:17:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727497AbfCLHRc (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:17:32 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-f66.google.com ([209.85.128.66]:50337 "EHLO mail-wm1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727000AbfCLHRc (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:17:32 -0400 Received: by mail-wm1-f66.google.com with SMTP id x7so1444555wmj.0 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:17:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=Ja94JDH0cqF1pP3PJUHn9v5umLZT6VZPaCaz7C1A++8=; b=ccgyVZgdlzzPvjyyVoypKyaqTv/RDmGULOuHUHXs8So/VheURAiAl5rDQfKnse7Wjc +MozC9pJpScq2CpPU1JbLKW8QkecRB8/dj/s6hJUci1JSXRvGpg+96yDPVtXCCpbWOI+ ZFyjvkpmMtziXR2nMgBx9YGyoj+W97Qoh6uJE48wEnpCUG4Ta5Y+oqPNmH9QeLb37C7E DnmVzd2Kg14+qLQgUlt8HVEk/WEX2lnzPjAw7UzBnytPdgkRe4JsRAkkY5/S3f+l9b/p FhHLX1jJDnFakv5P1/40wFFVHeFzEZ2isXZPRcciBVfv4MgdzpHhuOhR+HTLgZgkiAvy qhmA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=Ja94JDH0cqF1pP3PJUHn9v5umLZT6VZPaCaz7C1A++8=; b=pPHwtynORQNHx0JX/HSZ46F0bWKJhgtyQk4ETgDNPgOPCqHmWbfDCx5wES6iQPoZKo wgv/BINk3HcNwC5sOcsUoOL2wcI383Og7VGtHr5xNvhNWXnWPam3xH9XQt+fdY9eFNiI r3vxuaVJbD9PenoM19vsisxRXRY/181eqLtt2O5v34tA2q3qKR47JzQzz8oYf6nkiJX/ Pa5WVySDOkajWDHbUW6BdPtZyJZ6DzanhZ2P9i9kEFMOLQ+WopF/5JRkIhsVY62CViNj pQgdnMw24kxlnLaqd6o9/JuugxdhqrAafhsIsTupF5ddeUZY1yC/kd0mx3p7LbifwGzw pp+A== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUA7hdhys1drsKV+qSstRrldnEnaNskYZ3O+wyzz765jqbTzrE8 bidWA+Y4uMGrZBwHfFHu4i4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqz3rIfYUQvUKiCeddf2L35S6xqp2iXEyMzQqRmgCzBfmGZXTUnc5HnReZRozEGgGbAh4Paezg== X-Received: by 2002:a7b:c344:: with SMTP id l4mr1206122wmj.121.1552375050022; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:17:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (141.255.76.34.bc.googleusercontent.com. [34.76.255.141]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id l5sm1794732wmi.24.2019.03.12.00.17.28 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:17:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Denton Liu Cc: 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> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:17:28 +0900 In-Reply-To: <20190311093751.GA31092@archbookpro.localdomain> (Denton Liu's message of "Mon, 11 Mar 2019 02:37:51 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Denton Liu writes: > I was in the process of deprecating `git diff ..` as > discussed here[1]. > > [1]: https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqmumy6mxe.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/ I didn't (and don't) advocate such a deprecation, FWIW, in that message. I simply do not think it is worth the cost. 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.