From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:34:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <38b2ab8a0612210424o4ec5fcd5kb5086c52ccd76491@mail.gmail.com> <87slf83erg.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <877iwjinda.wl%cworth@cworth.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Francis Moreau , Jay Cliburn , git@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Dec 22 23:34:45 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GxsyS-0002QC-1g for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:34:44 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752778AbWLVWel (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:34:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752686AbWLVWel (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:34:41 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.25]:48977 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752778AbWLVWek (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:34:40 -0500 Received: from shell0.pdx.osdl.net (fw.osdl.org [65.172.181.6]) by smtp.osdl.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id kBMMYJ2J027178 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:34:20 -0800 Received: from localhost (shell0.pdx.osdl.net [10.9.0.31]) by shell0.pdx.osdl.net (8.13.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id kBMMYIOI002222; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:34:19 -0800 To: Carl Worth In-Reply-To: <877iwjinda.wl%cworth@cworth.org> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.653 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63-osdl_revision__1.107__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: osdl$Revision: 1.165 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.36 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Carl Worth wrote: > > I can understand the advantage of a shortcut like "git diff ..next", > but I still don't understand why it's the comparison of HEAD and next > that's really interesting here. I can't understand why people complain about this. YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT. Nobvody forces you. Really. And dammit, if I want to compare HEAD and next, I compare HEAD and next. You have absolutely no business saying that you don't understand why I'd want to do it. It's MY LIFE. > But, really, I still don't understand exactly _what_ "diff a..b" even > means. Can you explain it to me? It means exactly the same as "diff a b". It's that simple. So now go away. Stop complaining. Linus