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From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
Subject: Three dot notion used inconsitent?
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:31:17 +0100
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Hi,

I just stumbled across the this:

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?

Thanks,
Lars