Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git

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On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Carl Worth wrote:
> 
> I can understand the advantage of a shortcut like "git diff ..next",
> but I still don't understand why it's the comparison of HEAD and next
> that's really interesting here.

I can't understand why people complain about this.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT. 

Nobvody forces you. Really. And dammit, if I want to compare HEAD and 
next, I compare HEAD and next. You have absolutely no business saying that 
you don't understand why I'd want to do it. It's MY LIFE.

> But, really, I still don't understand exactly _what_ "diff a..b" even
> means. Can you explain it to me?

It means exactly the same as "diff a b".

It's that simple.

So now go away. Stop complaining.

		Linus
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