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29.0.60; vc: no easy way to get diff of all outgoing changes

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From: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: 62940 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62940: 29.0.60; vc: no easy way to get diff of all outgoing changes
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 23:36:43 +0300

On 18/04/2023 15:12 -0400, Spencer Baugh wrote:

> Reproduction:
> 1. Make some local changes and commits
> 2. C-x v O to see the list of local commits that will be pushed
> 3. But there's no quick way to get a diff combining all those changes,
> which is useful if you've made multiple changes to the same function
> over the course of multiple commits, or if you want to review your
> changes overall before sending them out for review, or any other things
> like that.
>
> C-u C-x v = lets you specify two commits to diff, and the second commit
> even defaults to the working revision, but there's no easy way to get
> the "base" commit that is before all your local changes.  If you're
> using git, you can try to remember your upstream branch and type that
> in, but that's just a matter of memory.  For other VCSs (e.g. hg)
> there's no easy way.
>

[...]

> Thoughts, suggestions?

Usually I just do C-x v L, select commits that interest me (via region),
and do M-x log-view-diff.

Have you tried that?  What do you miss there?

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