diff options
| author |  Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> | 2006-11-30 12:43:13 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-12-01 21:57:04 -0800 |
| commit | 4c81c213a479e4aae0653a56ad6e8db5c31f019c (patch) | |
| tree | f6e293579bb51afb0d7a755878625f6e967b5159 /Documentation | |
| parent | ls-files: Give hints when errors happen. (diff) | |
| download | tgif-4c81c213a479e4aae0653a56ad6e8db5c31f019c.tar.xz | |
git-diff: Introduce --index and deprecate --cached.
'git diff --cached' still works, but its use is discouraged
in the documentation. 'git diff --index' does the same thing
and is consistent with how 'git apply --index' works.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-diff.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 228c4d95bd..3144864d85 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ the number of trees given to the command. * When one <tree-ish> is given, the working tree and the named tree are compared, using `git-diff-index`. The option - `--cached` can be given to compare the index file and + `--index` can be given to compare the index file and the named tree. + `--cached` is a deprecated alias for `--index`. It's use is + discouraged. * When two <tree-ish>s are given, these two trees are compared using `git-diff-tree`. @@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ Various ways to check your working tree:: + ------------ $ git diff <1> -$ git diff --cached <2> +$ git diff --index <2> $ git diff HEAD <3> ------------ + |