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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-04-28 14:11:19 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-04-28 14:11:19 -0700 |
| commit | d98a509ec3e9ff22bb642f778900691d0c715ba9 (patch) | |
| tree | 3012de7f8c713f9250ffd090c64b6b2d9dce19d0 /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'sp/maint-clear-postfields' (diff) | |
| parent | --dirstat: In case of renames, use target filename instead of source filename (diff) | |
| download | tgif-d98a509ec3e9ff22bb642f778900691d0c715ba9.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jh/dirstat'
* jh/dirstat:
--dirstat: In case of renames, use target filename instead of source filename
Teach --dirstat not to completely ignore rearranged lines within a file
--dirstat-by-file: Make it faster and more correct
--dirstat: Describe non-obvious differences relative to --stat or regular diff
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-options.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index c93124be79..7e4bd425e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] a cut-off percent (3% by default) are not shown. The cut-off percent can be set with `--dirstat=<limit>`. Changes in a child directory are not counted for the parent directory, unless `--cumulative` is used. ++ +Note that the `--dirstat` option computes the changes while ignoring +the amount of pure code movements within a file. In other words, +rearranging lines in a file is not counted as much as other changes. --dirstat-by-file[=<limit>]:: Same as `--dirstat`, but counts changed files instead of lines. |