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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt index 2db8eacc3e..c78063d4f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ linkgit:git-diff-files[1] with the `-p` option produces patch text. You can customize the creation of patch text via the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` and the `GIT_DIFF_OPTS` environment variables -(see linkgit:git[1]). +(see linkgit:git[1]), and the `diff` attribute (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). What the -p option produces is slightly different from the traditional diff format: @@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ separate lines indicate the old and the new mode. rename from b rename to a +5. Hunk headers mention the name of the function to which the hunk + applies. See "Defining a custom hunk-header" in + linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details of how to tailor to this to + specific languages. + Combined diff format -------------------- |