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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: potential improvement to 'git log' with a range
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:33:47 +0200
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Heya,

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 01:24, Aghiles <aghilesk@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I type:
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0git log FETCH_HEAD~4..HEAD
>
> I get something. But if I type:
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0git log HEAD..FETCH_HEAD~4
>
> I get nothing. Is there a good reason for that ?

Yes, read up on the documentation as to what ".." means. Hint, a \ b
is not the same as b \ a [0].

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersection_(set_theory)

--=20
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier