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authorLibravatar Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>2020-12-21 18:19:57 +0300
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2020-12-21 13:47:32 -0800
commit8efd2efc32c41c7dcc2bf86a11fa89377f1c8d94 (patch)
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parentdoc/git-log: describe new --diff-merges options (diff)
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doc/diff-generate-patch: mention new --diff-merges option
Mention --diff-merges instead of -m in a note to merge formats to aid discoverability, as -m is now described among --diff-merges options anyway. Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ Combined diff format
Any diff-generating command can take the `-c` or `--cc` option to
produce a 'combined diff' when showing a merge. This is the default
format when showing merges with linkgit:git-diff[1] or
-linkgit:git-show[1]. Note also that you can give the `-m` option to any
-of these commands to force generation of diffs with individual parents
-of a merge.
+linkgit:git-show[1]. Note also that you can give suitable
+`--diff-merges` option to any of these commands to force generation of
+diffs in specific format.
A "combined diff" format looks like this: