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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt index 18d49d2c3b..001503205b 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt @@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ the file that rename/copy produces, respectively. If there is need for such substitution then the whole pathname is put in double quotes. +The similarity index is the percentage of unchanged lines, and +the dissimilarity index is the percentage of changed lines. It +is a rounded down integer, followed by a percent sign. The +similarity index value of 100% is thus reserved for two equal +files, while 100% dissimilarity means that no line from the old +file made it into the new one. + combined diff format -------------------- |