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@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Possible status letters are:
- R: renaming of a file
- T: change in the type of the file
- U: file is unmerged (you must complete the merge before it can
-be committed)
+ be committed)
- X: "unknown" change type (most probably a bug, please report it)
Status letters C and R are always followed by a score (denoting the
@@ -95,12 +95,26 @@ from the format described above in the following way:
. there are more "src" modes and "src" sha1
. status is concatenated status characters for each parent
. no optional "score" number
-. single path, only for "dst"
+. tab-separated pathname(s) of the file
-Example:
+For `-c` and `--cc`, only the destination or final path is shown even
+if the file was renamed on any side of history. With
+`--combined-all-paths`, the name of the path in each parent is shown
+followed by the name of the path in the merge commit.
+
+Examples for `-c` and `--cc` without `--combined-all-paths`:
+------------------------------------------------
+::100644 100644 100644 fabadb8 cc95eb0 4866510 MM desc.c
+::100755 100755 100755 52b7a2d 6d1ac04 d2ac7d7 RM bar.sh
+::100644 100644 100644 e07d6c5 9042e82 ee91881 RR phooey.c
+------------------------------------------------
+
+Examples when `--combined-all-paths` added to either `-c` or `--cc`:
------------------------------------------------
-::100644 100644 100644 fabadb8 cc95eb0 4866510 MM describe.c
+::100644 100644 100644 fabadb8 cc95eb0 4866510 MM desc.c desc.c desc.c
+::100755 100755 100755 52b7a2d 6d1ac04 d2ac7d7 RM foo.sh bar.sh bar.sh
+::100644 100644 100644 e07d6c5 9042e82 ee91881 RR fooey.c fuey.c phooey.c
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Note that 'combined diff' lists only files which were modified from