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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-11-10 09:05:31 -0800 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-11-10 09:05:31 -0800 |
commit | 77f143bf3e218857ec8e5244d7e862e8e0c1a041 (patch) | |
tree | 9f720e61941241b53a4f258d0dc62e5a9a360aa8 /Documentation/git-diff.txt | |
parent | mktree: fix a memory leak in write_tree() (diff) | |
parent | build-in git-mktree (diff) | |
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gitweb: Remove function prototypes (cleanup)
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git config: clarify --add and --get-color
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git-clean doc: the command only affects paths under $(cwd)
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index db2eb46a19..a2f192fb75 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -8,33 +8,34 @@ git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-diff' [<common diff options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] +'git diff' [<common diff options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- Show changes between two trees, a tree and the working tree, a tree and the index file, or the index file and the working tree. -'git-diff' [--options] [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you made relative to the index (staging area for the next commit). In other words, the differences are what you _could_ tell git to further add to the index but you still haven't. You can - stage these changes by using gitlink:git-add[1]. + stage these changes by using linkgit:git-add[1]. + If exactly two paths are given, and at least one is untracked, compare the two files / directories. This behavior can be forced by --no-index. -'git-diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you staged for the next 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. + --staged is a synonym of --cached. -'git-diff' [--options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you have in your working tree relative to the named <commit>. You can @@ -42,23 +43,23 @@ forced by --no-index. branch name to compare with the tip of a different branch. -'git-diff' [--options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This is to view the changes between two arbitrary <commit>. -'git-diff' [--options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This is synonymous to the previous form. If <commit> on one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as using HEAD instead. -'git-diff' [--options] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes on the branch containing and up to the second <commit>, starting at a common ancestor - of both <commit>. "git-diff A\...B" is equivalent to - "git-diff $(git-merge-base A B) B". You can omit any one + of both <commit>. "git diff A\...B" is equivalent to + "git diff $(git-merge-base A B) B". You can omit any one of <commit>, which has the same effect as using HEAD instead. Just in case if you are doing something exotic, it should be @@ -67,14 +68,15 @@ for the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any <tree-ish>. For a more complete list of ways to spell <commit>, see -"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]. +"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. However, "diff" is about comparing two _endpoints_, not ranges, and the range notations ("<commit>..<commit>" and "<commit>\...<commit>") do not mean a range as defined in the -"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]. +"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. OPTIONS ------- +:git-diff: 1 include::diff-options.txt[] <path>...:: @@ -82,6 +84,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] the diff to the named paths (you can give directory names and get diff for all files under them). +Output format +------------- +include::diff-format.txt[] EXAMPLES -------- @@ -125,7 +130,7 @@ $ git diff topic...master <3> + <1> Changes between the tips of the topic and the master branches. <2> Same as above. -<3> Changes that occured on the master branch since when the topic +<3> Changes that occurred on the master branch since when the topic branch was started off it. Limiting the diff output:: @@ -164,4 +169,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |