Re: [PATCH v2 02/18] Add a new builtin: branch-diff

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On 05/21, Jeff King wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 10:56:47AM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote:
> 
> > > It is very much about
> > > comparing two *ranges of* revisions, and not just any ranges, no. Those
> > > ranges need to be so related as to contain mostly identical changes.
> > 
> > range-diff, eh?
> > 
> > > Most fellow German software engineers (who seem to have a knack for
> > > idiotically long variable/function names) would now probably suggest:
> > >
> > >         git compare-patch-series-with-revised-patch-series
> > 
> > or short:
> > 
> >   revision-compare
> >   compare-revs
> >   com-revs
> > 
> >   revised-diff
> >   revise-diff
> >   revised-compare
> > 
> >   diff-revise

I haven't really been following all of the discussion but from what I
can tell the point of this command is to generate a diff based on two
different versions of a series, so why not call it 'series-diff'? :)

-- 
Brandon Williams



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