Re: Three dot notion used inconsitent?

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Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> git diff branchA...branchB
> --> gives me the diff between (the common ancestor of A and B) and B. That means I never see changes on branchA.
>
> git log branchA...branchB
> --> gives me the commits reachable from A and B. That includes changes from branchA.
>
> Is this because of a design decision that I do not (yet) understand or is this inconsistent for historical reasons?

git diff operates on two revisions.  That is inherently incompatible
with the usual meaning of A...B and A..B, which are set operations on
the revision history.  That git diff accepts this syntax is only for
convenience.

Andreas.

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