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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 96e0a581a1..b620b3afec 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -48,11 +48,17 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] --patience:: Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm. ---stat[=<width>[,<name-width>]]:: +--stat[=<width>[,<name-width>[,<count>]]]:: Generate a diffstat. You can override the default output width for 80-column terminal by `--stat=<width>`. The width of the filename part can be controlled by giving another width to it separated by a comma. + By giving a third parameter `<count>`, you can limit the + output to the first `<count>` lines, followed by + `...` if there are more. ++ +These parameters can also be set individually with `--stat-width=<width>`, +`--stat-name-width=<name-width>` and `--stat-count=<count>`. --numstat:: Similar to `\--stat`, but shows number of added and @@ -66,19 +72,49 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted lines. ---dirstat[=<limit>]:: - Output the distribution of relative amount of changes (number of lines added or - removed) for each sub-directory. Directories with changes below - a cut-off percent (3% by default) are not shown. The cut-off percent - can be set with `--dirstat=<limit>`. Changes in a child directory are not - counted for the parent directory, unless `--cumulative` is used. +--dirstat[=<param1,param2,...>]:: + Output the distribution of relative amount of changes for each + sub-directory. The behavior of `--dirstat` can be customized by + passing it a comma separated list of parameters. + The defaults are controlled by the `diff.dirstat` configuration + variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]). + The following parameters are available: + -Note that the `--dirstat` option computes the changes while ignoring -the amount of pure code movements within a file. In other words, -rearranging lines in a file is not counted as much as other changes. - ---dirstat-by-file[=<limit>]:: - Same as `--dirstat`, but counts changed files instead of lines. +-- +`changes`;; + Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the lines that have been + removed from the source, or added to the destination. This ignores + the amount of pure code movements within a file. In other words, + rearranging lines in a file is not counted as much as other changes. + This is the default behavior when no parameter is given. +`lines`;; + Compute the dirstat numbers by doing the regular line-based diff + analysis, and summing the removed/added line counts. (For binary + files, count 64-byte chunks instead, since binary files have no + natural concept of lines). This is a more expensive `--dirstat` + behavior than the `changes` behavior, but it does count rearranged + lines within a file as much as other changes. The resulting output + is consistent with what you get from the other `--*stat` options. +`files`;; + Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the number of files changed. + Each changed file counts equally in the dirstat analysis. This is + the computationally cheapest `--dirstat` behavior, since it does + not have to look at the file contents at all. +`cumulative`;; + Count changes in a child directory for the parent directory as well. + Note that when using `cumulative`, the sum of the percentages + reported may exceed 100%. The default (non-cumulative) behavior can + be specified with the `noncumulative` parameter. +<limit>;; + An integer parameter specifies a cut-off percent (3% by default). + Directories contributing less than this percentage of the changes + are not shown in the output. +-- ++ +Example: The following will count changed files, while ignoring +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`. --summary:: Output a condensed summary of extended header information @@ -274,6 +310,19 @@ endif::git-log[] projects, so use it with caution. Giving more than one `-C` option has the same effect. +-D:: +--irreversible-delete:: + Omit the preimage for deletes, i.e. print only the header but not + the diff between the preimage and `/dev/null`. The resulting patch + is not meant to be applied with `patch` nor `git apply`; this is + solely for people who want to just concentrate on reviewing the + text after the change. In addition, the output obviously lack + enough information to apply such a patch in reverse, even manually, + hence the name of the option. ++ +When used together with `-B`, omit also the preimage in the deletion part +of a delete/create pair. + -l<num>:: The `-M` and `-C` options require O(n^2) processing time where n is the number of potential rename/copy targets. This @@ -373,6 +422,17 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] --no-ext-diff:: Disallow external diff drivers. +--textconv:: +--no-textconv:: + Allow (or disallow) external text conversion filters to be run + when comparing binary files. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for + details. Because textconv filters are typically a one-way + conversion, the resulting diff is suitable for human + consumption, but cannot be applied. For this reason, textconv + filters are enabled by default only for linkgit:git-diff[1] and + linkgit:git-log[1], but not for linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or + diff plumbing commands. + --ignore-submodules[=<when>]:: Ignore changes to submodules in the diff generation. <when> can be either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default |