confused about diff

[Kevin Smith]

Neal Becker wrote:
> Ollivier Robert wrote:
> 
> 
>>According to Neal Becker:
>>
>>>I thought diff would have told me the changes.  Am I misunderstanding
>>>diff?
>>
>>I don't think diff is able to access remote repo.  If you don't want to
>>merge (pull+update), clone the remote one and diff.
> 
> 
> Seems like something for TODO list.

Seems like a clear error message should be even higher on the TODO list. 
Sometimes silence is not golden.

Kevin