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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt index 58f4bd6afa..cbce8ec638 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt @@ -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 @@ -172,10 +179,8 @@ diff.tool:: include::mergetools-diff.txt[] diff.indentHeuristic:: -diff.compactionHeuristic:: - Set one of these options to `true` to enable one of two - experimental heuristics that shift diff hunk boundaries to - make patches easier to read. + 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: |