Re: Confusion about diffing branches

[Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 03:21:32PM +0200, Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> On 8/27/07, Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 12:07:39AM -0700, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> 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