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@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ diff.statGraphWidth::
Limit the width of the graph part in --stat output. If set, applies
to all commands generating --stat output except format-patch.
+diff.context::
+ Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of the default of
+ 3. This value is overridden by the -U option.
+
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
@@ -103,6 +107,19 @@ diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
+diff.submodule::
+ Specify the format in which differences in submodules are
+ shown. The "log" format lists the commits in the range like
+ linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary` does. The "short" format
+ format just shows the names of the commits at the beginning
+ and end of the range. Defaults to short.
+
+diff.wordRegex::
+ A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
+ when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
+ sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
+ characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
+
diff.<driver>.command::
The custom diff driver command. See linkgit:gitattributes[5]
for details.