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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-diff.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/diff.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 7f4c8a8ce7..6236c75c9b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -51,16 +51,20 @@ files on disk. --staged is a synonym of --cached. + If --merge-base is given, instead of using <commit>, use the merge base -of <commit> and HEAD. `git diff --merge-base A` is equivalent to -`git diff $(git merge-base A HEAD)`. +of <commit> and HEAD. `git diff --cached --merge-base A` is equivalent to +`git diff --cached $(git merge-base A HEAD)`. -'git diff' [<options>] <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [<options>] [--merge-base] <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you have in your working tree relative to the named <commit>. You can use HEAD to compare it with the latest commit, or a branch name to compare with the tip of a different branch. ++ +If --merge-base is given, instead of using <commit>, use the merge base +of <commit> and HEAD. `git diff --merge-base A` is equivalent to +`git diff $(git merge-base A HEAD)`. 'git diff' [<options>] [--merge-base] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c index b50fc68c2a..4c62876073 100644 --- a/builtin/diff.c +++ b/builtin/diff.c @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ static const char builtin_diff_usage[] = "git diff [<options>] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]\n" -" or: git diff [<options>] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]\n" -" or: git diff [<options>] <commit> [--merge-base] [<commit>...] <commit> [--] [<path>...]\n" +" or: git diff [<options>] --cached [--merge-base] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]\n" +" or: git diff [<options>] [--merge-base] <commit> [<commit>...] <commit> [--] [<path>...]\n" " or: git diff [<options>] <commit>...<commit>] [--] [<path>...]\n" " or: git diff [<options>] <blob> <blob>]\n" " or: git diff [<options>] --no-index [--] <path> <path>]\n" |