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+-p::
+	Generate patch (see section on generating patches)
+
+-u::
+	Synonym for "-p".
+
+--patch-with-raw::
+	Generate patch but keep also the default raw diff output.
+
+--stat::
+	Generate a diffstat instead of a patch.
+
+--summary::
+	Output a condensed summary of extended header information
+	such as creations, renames and mode changes.
+
+--patch-with-stat::
+	Generate patch and prepend its diffstat.
+
+-z::
+	\0 line termination on output
+
+--name-only::
+	Show only names of changed files.
+
+--name-status::
+	Show only names and status of changed files.
+
+--full-index::
+	Instead of the first handful characters, show full
+	object name of pre- and post-image blob on the "index"
+	line when generating a patch format output.	
+
+--abbrev[=<n>]::
+	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
+	name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
+	lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix.  This is
+	independent of --full-index option above, which controls
+	the diff-patch output format.  Non default number of
+	digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
+
+-B::
+	Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
+
+-M::
+	Detect renames.
+
+-C::
+	Detect copies as well as renames.
+
+--diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]::
+	Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`),
+	Deleted (`D`), Modified (`M`), Renamed (`R`), have their
+	type (mode) changed (`T`), are Unmerged (`U`), are
+	Unknown (`X`), or have had their pairing Broken (`B`).
+	Any combination of the filter characters may be used.
+	When `*` (All-or-none) is added to the combination, all
+	paths are selected if there is any file that matches
+	other criteria in the comparison; if there is no file
+	that matches other criteria, nothing is selected.
+
+--find-copies-harder::
+	For performance reasons, by default, -C option finds copies only 
+	if the original file of the copy was modified in the same 
+	changeset.  This flag makes the command
+	inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
+	copy.  This is a very expensive operation for large
+	projects, so use it with caution.
+
+-l<num>::
+	-M and -C options require O(n^2) processing time where n
+	is the number of potential rename/copy targets.  This
+	option prevents rename/copy detection from running if
+	the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified
+	number.
+
+-S<string>::
+	Look for differences that contain the change in <string>.
+
+--pickaxe-all::
+	When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
+	changeset, not just the files that contain the change
+	in <string>.
+
+--pickaxe-regex::
+	Make the <string> not a plain string but an extended POSIX
+	regex to match.
+
+-O<orderfile>::
+	Output the patch in the order specified in the
+	<orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
+
+-R::
+	Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
+	on-disk file to tree contents.
+
+For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also
+link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation].