On 12/21/2012 10:31 PM, Martin von Zweigbergk wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 12/21/2012 06:12 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >>> side note: incidentally, now we have rev_cmdline_info support, >>> we could start deprecating "diff A..B" syntax. >> >> I often find myself using "git diff A..B" syntax when using the command >> line history because the previous command used "A..B"; e.g., >> >> git log A..B >> git diff A..B > > The problem with this, to me, if it wasn't clear, is that "git log > A..B" shows you is new _since B branched off from A_, while "git diff > A..B" shows you what has changed _between A and B_. You are quite right, of course, though in many useful cases they are the same. But I guess I should just buck myself up for the new orthodoxy :-) Michael -- Michael Haggerty mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://softwareswirl.blogspot.com/ -- 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