problem understanding "bzr diff"

[Toni Mueller]

Hello,

I'd like to understand the difference between 'bzr diff ...' and 'bzr diff
--old ...' for showing the difference between two branches. I thought

$ bzr diff /other/branch

should show all differences between the branches, but only when I add
'--old' or '--new' do I see many differences. Without using one of
these options, I can see a much smaller diff. I find it even more
confusing that the smaller diff is not contained in the larger diff.

This is bzr 1.6.1 on Etch.

What gives?


Kind regards,
--Toni++