From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FSL_HELO_FAKE,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_DKIMWL_WL_MED,USER_IN_DEF_DKIM_WL shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 515B81F51C for ; Mon, 21 May 2018 21:41:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932198AbeEUVlZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2018 17:41:25 -0400 Received: from mail-pg0-f65.google.com ([74.125.83.65]:39599 "EHLO mail-pg0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932342AbeEUVlB (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2018 17:41:01 -0400 Received: by mail-pg0-f65.google.com with SMTP id e1-v6so6905482pga.6 for ; Mon, 21 May 2018 14:41:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=5RKwjZPoPSmoleFp44ZDpRle1SsxCUGMhwvuNOKNE4M=; b=hS7vCugyEwP2rmnWyPeg/w1Mz35R6sqLVArr+0wjrH8rZUEd6wYQencnR2MyRmtyUS nglZ0nIQ+EIf44VSa9zQsX+v7VMtGhYLRzBC2wSk9qkiQB4++F8g84dZGeI7OQdCRh5Q quwC1tb6nH4KFVX2aSIFD7LBMDNyTq9gcxOaxT76ktmvLfX/QCsPGpQo24if3A0DCz1e r1JmAl9k6xSXN2bEJBBil38kmfrZUgUvvyf3CsW5txNC9ckJUbj+zTriipQZMP5QbNzC hS6taQpIcav5/JiEWOVtJ52uG5JU8leVrDIhOA3ABy5SgfnvQJR7RLRIZBRTEwQ+yUUS ZVMA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=5RKwjZPoPSmoleFp44ZDpRle1SsxCUGMhwvuNOKNE4M=; b=MEQ2N6BcGss7T9PJc+pXhKeBTsG+C7ss4vUTJZXVhrv8ar9MlbObln5kpl2ovdYs2H qL8KS1d1tACqBtxqprB5isXA6Mq2kyJcsQ/HR6KmchjuMzfQ2QUz0lon2VBDWuvd2HvV awrq2GZWcfG69587w4xBcjkbBmhyyjXSq0PQsVcDBr/e+FT7YlI/r0dmcOR0eyMVQ3j5 7ppIPSZPzNVIxgGLuevIqt+ce3jeqRWca9R5deMZ9P/h/eKsrGC3LU+c87yAGVX3JQ44 Vf2txfokNoPKVsythkvCAYtptwIMDjO/B68W0MkDI+WZkSafLjUwEGSku6AdZ0R3qjq0 7mBQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwfesoh1j1o/Qd3lh2OY2zbgRCv6Pq8ZWVybfu4F5rkZJTY/dvhx OBHRly4eKz8h5he6tnUiK2Ju9A== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZoc1B7dJ6BzBE0SBqiCjnUXl9Ga6DDMBuNeKZKX87hN4B5djInqbQVM9aHje0HoLM/Yf4D6/g== X-Received: by 2002:a65:63cf:: with SMTP id n15-v6mr11234010pgv.371.1526938860333; Mon, 21 May 2018 14:41:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from google.com ([2620:0:100e:422:ff43:9291:7eda:b712]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i1-v6sm30133619pfi.133.2018.05.21.14.40.58 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 21 May 2018 14:40:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 14:40:57 -0700 From: Brandon Williams To: Jeff King Cc: Stefan Beller , Johannes Schindelin , Igor Djordjevic , Eric Sunshine , Junio C Hamano , Git List , Thomas Rast , Thomas Gummerer , =?iso-8859-1?Q?=C6var_Arnfj=F6r=F0?= Bjarmason , Ramsay Jones , Jacob Keller Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/18] Add a new builtin: branch-diff Message-ID: <20180521214057.GB125693@google.com> References: <20180507074843.GC31170@sigill.intra.peff.net> <3cefc6b3-3dbd-9cb1-20d0-193116191726@gmail.com> <20180521202414.GA14250@sigill.intra.peff.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180521202414.GA14250@sigill.intra.peff.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.2 (2017-12-15) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 05/21, Jeff King wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 10:56:47AM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote: > > > > It is very much about > > > comparing two *ranges of* revisions, and not just any ranges, no. Those > > > ranges need to be so related as to contain mostly identical changes. > > > > range-diff, eh? > > > > > Most fellow German software engineers (who seem to have a knack for > > > idiotically long variable/function names) would now probably suggest: > > > > > > git compare-patch-series-with-revised-patch-series > > > > or short: > > > > revision-compare > > compare-revs > > com-revs > > > > revised-diff > > revise-diff > > revised-compare > > > > diff-revise I haven't really been following all of the discussion but from what I can tell the point of this command is to generate a diff based on two different versions of a series, so why not call it 'series-diff'? :) -- Brandon Williams