On: Git wishlist: aggregate changes across non-contiguous commits (2019)

[_ZeD_]

umm... but why can't you just create a new branch, cherry-pick all the relevant commit then diff the result with the "base"?

[gjm11 → _ZeD_]

I'd suggest: Because creating a new branch just for a one-off look at some diffs seems kinda heavyweight, and because it requires several separate operations in order to do a single thing.

[_ZeD_ → gjm11]

branch in git are not really heavyweight, look at for example at mercurial ones and why the pypy team prefer them [0]

moreover I think this approach could be at least "scriptable", if not aliasable

.. [0]: https://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/faq.html#why-doesn-t-pypy-use...

[gberger → _ZeD_]

What do you do when there's conflicts?

[iforgotpassword → gberger]

Then the desired diff does not exist.