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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index fe34d4edb4..dd1fb32786 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ tree and the index file, or the index file and the working tree. further add to the index but you still haven't. You can 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. +If exactly two paths are given and at least one points outside +the current repository, 'git diff' will compare the two files / +directories. This behavior can be forced by --no-index. 'git diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: |