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authorLibravatar Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>2020-12-21 18:19:59 +0300
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2020-12-21 13:47:32 -0800
commit1d24509b7b865115836982267a5e54b2f7d77c42 (patch)
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parentdoc/rev-list-options: document --first-parent changes merges format (diff)
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doc/git-show: include --diff-merges description
Move description of --diff-merges option from git-log.txt to diff-options.txt so that it is included in the git-show help. Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt51
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt51
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show.txt7
3 files changed, 57 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 573fb9bb71..c995e82584 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,57 @@ endif::git-diff[]
show the patch by default, or to cancel the effect of `--patch`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
+ifdef::git-log[]
+--diff-merges=(off|none|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc)::
+--no-diff-merges::
+ Specify diff format to be used for merge commits. Default is
+ {diff-merges-default} unless `--first-parent` is in use, in which case
+ `first-parent` is the default.
++
+--diff-merges=(off|none):::
+--no-diff-merges:::
+ Disable output of diffs for merge commits. Useful to override
+ implied value.
++
+--diff-merges=first-parent:::
+--diff-merges=1:::
+ This option makes merge commits show the full diff with
+ respect to the first parent only.
++
+--diff-merges=separate:::
+--diff-merges=m:::
+-m:::
+ This makes merge commits show the full diff with respect to
+ each of the parents. Separate log entry and diff is generated
+ for each parent. `-m` doesn't produce any output without `-p`.
++
+--diff-merges=combined:::
+--diff-merges=c:::
+-c:::
+ With this option, diff output for a merge commit shows the
+ differences from each of the parents to the merge result
+ simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a
+ parent and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists
+ only files which were modified from all parents. `-c` implies
+ `-p`.
++
+--diff-merges=dense-combined:::
+--diff-merges=cc:::
+--cc:::
+ With this option the output produced by
+ `--diff-merges=combined` is further compressed by omitting
+ uninteresting hunks whose contents in the parents have only
+ two variants and the merge result picks one of them without
+ modification. `--cc` implies `-p`.
+
+--combined-all-paths::
+ This flag causes combined diffs (used for merge commits) to
+ list the name of the file from all parents. It thus only has
+ effect when `--diff-merges=[dense-]combined` is in use, and
+ is likely only useful if filename changes are detected (i.e.
+ when either rename or copy detection have been requested).
+endif::git-log[]
+
-U<n>::
--unified=<n>::
Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index ff83dff14d..727d20e1a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -127,57 +127,8 @@ selected, nor will they match search options like `-S`. The exception
is when `--first-parent` is in use, in which case `first-parent` is
the default format.
---diff-merges=(off|none|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc)::
---no-diff-merges::
- Specify diff format to be used for merge commits. Default is
- `off` unless `--first-parent` is in use, in which case
- `first-parent` is the default.
-+
---diff-merges=(off|none):::
---no-diff-merges:::
- Disable output of diffs for merge commits. Useful to override
- implied value.
-+
---diff-merges=first-parent:::
---diff-merges=1:::
- This option makes merge commits show the full diff with
- respect to the first parent only.
-+
---diff-merges=separate:::
---diff-merges=m:::
--m:::
- This makes merge commits show the full diff with respect to
- each of the parents. Separate log entry and diff is generated
- for each parent. `-m` doesn't produce any output without `-p`.
-+
---diff-merges=combined:::
---diff-merges=c:::
--c:::
- With this option, diff output for a merge commit shows the
- differences from each of the parents to the merge result
- simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a
- parent and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists
- only files which were modified from all parents. `-c` implies
- `-p`.
-+
---diff-merges=dense-combined:::
---diff-merges=cc:::
---cc:::
- With this option the output produced by
- `--diff-merges=combined` is further compressed by omitting
- uninteresting hunks whose contents in the parents have only
- two variants and the merge result picks one of them without
- modification. `--cc` implies `-p`.
-
---combined-all-paths::
- This flag causes combined diffs (used for merge commits) to
- list the name of the file from all parents. It thus only has
- effect when `--diff-merges=[dense-]combined` is in use, and
- is likely only useful if filename changes are detected (i.e.
- when either rename or copy detection have been requested).
-
-
:git-log: 1
+:diff-merges-default: `off`
include::diff-options.txt[]
include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt
index fcf528c1b3..2b1bc7288d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt
@@ -45,10 +45,13 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[]
include::pretty-formats.txt[]
-COMMON DIFF OPTIONS
--------------------
+DIFF FORMATTING
+---------------
+The options below can be used to change the way `git show` generates
+diff output.
:git-log: 1
+:diff-merges-default: `dense-combined`
include::diff-options.txt[]
include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]