From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5770620248 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:22:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726441AbfBVNWQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:22:16 -0500 Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:58198 "EHLO cpanel4.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725944AbfBVNWQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:22:16 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=BLRUUUB7lI06e/aPNzmSkp+LKSKD7NNXiH/1lD833VM=; b=MIsexhow4DzdAIgGTbsjBkdiTp FgfOK6Bub2jza7qU1QTzwUUrhZJQ681c1gYweQwgeA7nI4jfUaEF6Jpo+YRQxb3obV8PTz6O3Jlfy 72fXnQYLHtK33Zbpj1QrI2D5mFc+AeeV5LtNgLojXhZ3WfdpuaISgHLSmVMQq6ughVLlSBZ2v9IGF W1fbb74mBiBE/P9l6bkbVR+LYqH+Lp7qdrOaqILvcstE6mhAOyvWXRksNfH76gntb37EuFYXp5cd1 +Tp6QS/7euFX+d7RCfs1+0vhBx+EDW9OMfM9QPC2XHJMPleEs1XadSCGh/r24alE7tRGswW4g257G dRJ61n6g==; Received: from cpeac202e043973-cmac202e043970.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.112.22.87]:38044 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel4.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1gxAmL-00BLBg-V9 for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:22:14 -0500 Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:22:12 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Git Mailing list Subject: how does one interpret "git diff ^" Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel4.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel4.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel4.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org was perusing the git FAQ and ran across this: How do I obtain a list of files which have changed in a given commit? $ git diff --name-only ^! after playing with "git rev-parse", i figured out that the above was equivalent to (using kernel "v4.19" tag as an example): $ git diff v4.19 ^v4.19^ diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index bf3786e4ffec..69fa5c0310d8 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ VERSION = 4 PATCHLEVEL = 19 SUBLEVEL = 0 -EXTRAVERSION = -rc8 -NAME = Merciless Moray +EXTRAVERSION = +NAME = "People's Front" # *DOCUMENTATION* # To see a list of typical targets execute "make help" $ but i get exactly the same output if i reverse the arguments: $ git diff ^v4.19^ v4.19 diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index bf3786e4ffec..69fa5c0310d8 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ VERSION = 4 PATCHLEVEL = 19 SUBLEVEL = 0 -EXTRAVERSION = -rc8 -NAME = Merciless Moray +EXTRAVERSION = +NAME = "People's Front" # *DOCUMENTATION* # To see a list of typical targets execute "make help" so i'm confused as to how to "git diff" interprets and processes those two arguments, as "v4.19" is, of course, a reference to a specific commit, but "^v4.19^" appears to define all those commits not reachable from "v4.19^". how should one read this? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================