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@@ -36,11 +36,21 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
-U<n>::
--unified=<n>::
Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of
- the usual three.
+ the usual three. Implies `--patch`.
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
Implies `-p`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
+--output=<file>::
+ Output to a specific file instead of stdout.
+
+--output-indicator-new=<char>::
+--output-indicator-old=<char>::
+--output-indicator-context=<char>::
+ Specify the character used to indicate new, old or context
+ lines in the generated patch. Normally they are '+', '-' and
+ ' ' respectively.
+
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--raw::
ifndef::git-log[]
@@ -148,6 +158,7 @@ These parameters can also be set individually with `--stat-width=<width>`,
number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
lines.
+-X[<param1,param2,...>]::
--dirstat[=<param1,param2,...>]::
Output the distribution of relative amount of changes for each
sub-directory. The behavior of `--dirstat` can be customized by
@@ -192,6 +203,12 @@ directories with less than 10% of the total amount of changed files,
and accumulating child directory counts in the parent directories:
`--dirstat=files,10,cumulative`.
+--cumulative::
+ Synonym for --dirstat=cumulative
+
+--dirstat-by-file[=<param1,param2>...]::
+ Synonym for --dirstat=files,param1,param2...
+
--summary::
Output a condensed summary of extended header information
such as creations, renames and mode changes.
@@ -386,6 +403,9 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
Turn off rename detection, even when the configuration
file gives the default to do so.
+--[no-]rename-empty::
+ Whether to use empty blobs as rename source.
+
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--check::
Warn if changes introduce conflict markers or whitespace errors.