When git diff is given a symmetric difference A...B, it chooses
some merge base from the two specified commits (as documented).
This fails, however, if there is *no* merge base: instead, you
see the differences between A and B, which is certainly not what
is expected.
Moreover, if additional revisions are specified on the command
line ("git diff A...B C"), the results get a bit weird:
* If there is a symmetric difference merge base, this is used
as the left side of the diff. The last final ref is used as
the right side.
* If there is no merge base, the symmetric status is completely
lost. We will produce a combined diff instead.
Similar weirdness occurs if you use, e.g., "git diff C A...B D".
Likewise, using multiple two-dot ranges, or tossing extra
revision specifiers into the command line with two-dot ranges,
or mixing two and three dot ranges, all produce nonsense.
To avoid all this, add a routine to catch the range cases and
verify that that the arguments make sense. As a side effect,
produce a warning showing *which* merge base is being used when
there are multiple choices; die if there is no merge base.
Signed-off-by: Chris Torek <chris.torek@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
