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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt index f07b4513ed..0eded24034 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -diff.autorefreshindex:: +diff.autoRefreshIndex:: When using 'git diff' to compare with work tree files, do not consider stat-only change as changed. Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to @@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ diff.ignoreSubmodules:: commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors this setting when reporting uncommitted changes. Setting it to 'all' disables the submodule summary normally shown by 'git commit' - and 'git status' when 'status.submodulesummary' is set unless it is - overridden by using the --ignore-submodules command line option. + and 'git status' when `status.submoduleSummary` is set unless it is + overridden by using the --ignore-submodules command-line option. The 'git submodule' commands are not affected by this setting. -diff.mnemonicprefix:: +diff.mnemonicPrefix:: If set, 'git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps @@ -98,19 +98,23 @@ diff.mnemonicprefix:: diff.noprefix:: If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix. -diff.orderfile:: +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]. diff.renameLimit:: The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename - detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'. + detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option `-l`. diff.renames:: - Tells Git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it - will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or - "copy", it will detect copies, as well. + Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false", + rename detection is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename + detection is enabled. If set to "copies" or "copy", Git will + detect copies, as well. Defaults to true. Note that this + affects only 'git diff' Porcelain like linkgit:git-diff[1] and + linkgit:git-log[1], and not lower level commands such as + linkgit:git-diff-files[1]. diff.suppressBlankEmpty:: A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space @@ -118,10 +122,11 @@ 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" @@ -148,7 +153,7 @@ diff.<driver>.textconv:: conversion is used to generate a human-readable diff. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. -diff.<driver>.wordregex:: +diff.<driver>.wordRegex:: The regular expression that the diff driver should use to split words in a line. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. @@ -166,6 +171,11 @@ 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.algorithm:: Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows: + |