On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 03:21:32PM +0200, Francis Moreau <francis.moro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi ! > > On 8/27/07, Mike Hommey <mh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 12:07:39AM -0700, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Both semantics of two-dot form and three-dot form are useful, > > > and choice between the two depends on what you want out of the > > > command. You just need to know which one you want. > > > > The problem is not about usefulness of these 2 forms, but consistency > > with the rest of the tools. > > If I go git log a..b, I won't get the set of commits involved in > > git diff a..b. In fact, git log a...b does. And git log a..b gives the > > commits involved in git diff a...b. Confusing, isn't it ? > > Moreover, this inconsistency isn't even documented in the manual pages. > > > > This "inconsistency" had already been raised before. Please refer to: > http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0612/35354.html > > I shared and still share your feeling about that but it seems that > Junio and Linus don't... Actually, they may have a good point, cf. the thread you point. But it is annoying that it is not documented. Mike - 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
