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authorLibravatar Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>2017-04-11 16:39:50 +0200
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-04-13 16:15:25 -0700
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diff-files: document --ours etc.
git-diff understands "--ours", "--theirs" and "--base" for files with conflicts. But so far they were not documented for the central diff command but only for diff-files. Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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:git-diff: 1
include::diff-options.txt[]
+-1 --base::
+-2 --ours::
+-3 --theirs::
+ Compare the working tree with the "base" version (stage #1),
+ "our branch" (stage #2) or "their branch" (stage #3). The
+ index contains these stages only for unmerged entries i.e.
+ while resolving conflicts. See linkgit:git-read-tree[1]
+ section "3-Way Merge" for detailed information.
+
+-0::
+ Omit diff output for unmerged entries and just show
+ "Unmerged". Can be used only when comparing the working tree
+ with the index.
+
<path>...::
The <paths> parameters, when given, are used to limit
the diff to the named paths (you can give directory