-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Il 18/12/2012 19:11, Junio C Hamano ha scritto: > Manlio Perillo <manlio.perillo@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Documentation seems to suggest this is supported, but it is not true: >> >> $ git diff HEAD:git.c HEAD~100:git.c -- git.c >> usage: git diff [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...] >> >> unless I'm missing something. > > Neither HEAD:git.c nor HEAD~100:git.c are commits. Well, the documentation calls these parameter "commit", later saying "For a more complete list of ways to spell <commit>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS". > You are > comparing two blob objects in their raw forms without textconv nor > filter. > Note that I was not missing the fact that git diff does not apply texconv and filters. I'm not sure the man page is wrong and should be changed: -- usage: git diff [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...] ++ usage: git diff [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] Regards Manlio -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDQv40ACgkQscQJ24LbaUT+vwCgj0rjaZbc+/x0+jvAGZydbVKB 244An2pWLj7t4nG3lZzx+LGyH3mjTujS =TmVI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html