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| author |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-12-20 14:41:54 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-12-20 14:41:54 -0800 |
| commit | ce0545455a09113a8ece8f80c87ec61110569940 (patch) | |
| tree | ce06e56d55951d9958b67452f6b4e9f1ca8b0e26 | |
| parent | Merge branch 'jc/leftright' (diff) | |
| download | tgif-ce0545455a09113a8ece8f80c87ec61110569940.tar.xz | |
diff documentation: mostly talk about <commit>
This corrects minor remaining bits that still talked about <tree-ish>;
the Porcelain users (as opposed to plumbers) are mostly interested in
commits so use <commit> consistently and keep a sentence that mentions
that <tree-ish> can be used in place of them.
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-diff.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 10fdf88dce..8977877b21 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-diff' [ --diff-options ] <tree-ish>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] +'git-diff' [ --diff-options ] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ tree and the index file, or the index file and the working tree. 'git-diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you staged for the next - commit relative to the named <tree-ish>. Typically you + commit relative to the named <commit>. Typically you would want comparison with the latest commit, so if you do not give <commit>, it defaults to HEAD. |