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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index bfd0b571e2..80fd817c28 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] 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. ++ +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. @@ -120,12 +124,19 @@ any of those replacements occurred. --color[=<when>]:: Show colored diff. - The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. + The value must be `always` (the default for `<when>`), `never`, or `auto`. + The default value is `never`. +ifdef::git-diff[] + It can be changed by the `color.ui` and `color.diff` + configuration settings. +endif::git-diff[] --no-color:: - Turn off colored diff, even when the configuration file - gives the default to color output. - Same as `--color=never`. + Turn off colored diff. +ifdef::git-diff[] + This can be used to override configuration settings. +endif::git-diff[] + It is the same as `--color=never`. --word-diff[=<mode>]:: Show a word diff, using the <mode> to delimit changed words. @@ -230,7 +241,7 @@ eligible for being picked up as a possible source of a rename to another file. -M[<n>]:: ---detect-renames[=<n>]:: +--find-renames[=<n>]:: ifndef::git-log[] Detect renames. endif::git-log[] @@ -239,31 +250,17 @@ ifdef::git-log[] For following files across renames while traversing history, see `--follow`. endif::git-log[] - If `n` is specified, it is a is a threshold on the similarity + If `n` is specified, it is a threshold on the similarity index (i.e. amount of addition/deletions compared to the file's size). For example, `-M90%` means git should consider a delete/add pair to be a rename if more than 90% of the file hasn't changed. -C[<n>]:: ---detect-copies[=<n>]:: +--find-copies[=<n>]:: Detect copies as well as renames. See also `--find-copies-harder`. If `n` is specified, it has the same meaning as for `-M<n>`. -ifndef::git-format-patch[] ---diff-filter=[(A|C|D|M|R|T|U|X|B)...[*]]:: - Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`), - Deleted (`D`), Modified (`M`), Renamed (`R`), have their - type (i.e. regular file, symlink, submodule, ...) changed (`T`), - are Unmerged (`U`), are - Unknown (`X`), or have had their pairing Broken (`B`). - Any combination of the filter characters (including none) can 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. -endif::git-format-patch[] - --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 @@ -281,6 +278,18 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] number. ifndef::git-format-patch[] +--diff-filter=[(A|C|D|M|R|T|U|X|B)...[*]]:: + Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`), + Deleted (`D`), Modified (`M`), Renamed (`R`), have their + type (i.e. regular file, symlink, submodule, ...) changed (`T`), + are Unmerged (`U`), are + Unknown (`X`), or have had their pairing Broken (`B`). + Any combination of the filter characters (including none) can 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. + -S<string>:: Look for differences that introduce or remove an instance of <string>. Note that this is different than the string simply |