On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 11:44:29PM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 03:24:59PM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote: > > > Hence I propose "git range-diff", similar to topic-diff, that > > was proposed earlier. > > > > * it "diffs ranges" of commits. > > * it can also deal with out-of-git things like patch series, > > but that is a mere by product and may not be desired. > > Just like git-diff can also compare two files outside a git > > repo, that would not be a good use case. > > Keep the name Git-centric! > > * it autocompletes well. > > FWIW, I like this by far of all of the suggested names.
I hit "send" before I had a chance to expound. ;) The thing that I really like about it is that it names the _concept_. If I were writing a manual page describing what this output is, I would call it a "range diff". And naturally, the command to generate range diffs is "git range-diff". I think "git diff --range" would also be OK, but IMHO it's useful to keep the "git diff" family as always comparing end-points. -Peff
