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@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ diff.context::
Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of the default
of 3. This value is overridden by the -U option.
+diff.interHunkContext::
+ Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number
+ of lines, thereby fusing the hunks that are close to each other.
+ This value serves as the default for the `--inter-hunk-context`
+ command line option.
+
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
@@ -99,9 +105,10 @@ diff.noprefix::
If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
diff.orderFile::
- File indicating how to order files within a diff, using
- one shell glob pattern per line.
- Can be overridden by the '-O' option to linkgit:git-diff[1].
+ File indicating how to order files within a diff.
+ See the '-O' option to linkgit:git-diff[1] for details.
+ If `diff.orderFile` is a relative pathname, it is treated as
+ relative to the top of the working tree.
diff.renameLimit::
The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
@@ -122,10 +129,11 @@ diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
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.
+ shown. The "short" format just shows the names of the commits
+ at the beginning and end of the range. The "log" format lists
+ the commits in the range like linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary`
+ does. The "diff" format shows an inline diff of the changed
+ contents of the submodule. Defaults to "short".
diff.wordRegex::
A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
@@ -170,10 +178,9 @@ diff.tool::
include::mergetools-diff.txt[]
-diff.compactionHeuristic::
- Set this option to `true` to enable an experimental heuristic that
- shifts the hunk boundary in an attempt to make the resulting
- patch easier to read.
+diff.indentHeuristic::
+ Set this option to `true` to enable experimental heuristics
+ that shift diff hunk boundaries to make patches easier to read.
diff.algorithm::
Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows:
@@ -191,3 +198,9 @@ diff.algorithm::
low-occurrence common elements".
--
+
+
+diff.wsErrorHighlight::
+ A comma separated list of `old`, `new`, `context`, that
+ specifies how whitespace errors on lines are highlighted
+ with `color.diff.whitespace`. Can be overridden by the
+ command line option `--ws-error-highlight=<kind>`