Re: Confusion about diffing branches

["Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com>]

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...

good luck ;)
-- 
Francis