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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index d9ae681d8f..0378cd574e 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] Synonym for `-p --raw`. endif::git-format-patch[] ---compaction-heuristic:: ---no-compaction-heuristic:: - These are to help debugging and tuning an experimental - heuristic (which is off by default) that shifts the hunk - boundary in an attempt to make the resulting patch easier - to read. +--indent-heuristic:: + Enable the heuristic that shifts diff hunk boundaries to make patches + easier to read. This is the default. + +--no-indent-heuristic:: + Disable the indent heuristic. --minimal:: Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible @@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] --histogram:: Generate a diff using the "histogram diff" algorithm. +--anchored=<text>:: + Generate a diff using the "anchored diff" algorithm. ++ +This option may be specified more than once. ++ +If a line exists in both the source and destination, exists only once, +and starts with this text, this algorithm attempts to prevent it from +appearing as a deletion or addition in the output. It uses the "patience +diff" algorithm internally. + --diff-algorithm={patience|minimal|histogram|myers}:: Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows: + @@ -96,7 +106,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] low-occurrence common elements". -- + -For instance, if you configured diff.algorithm variable to a +For instance, if you configured the `diff.algorithm` variable to a non-default value and want to use the default one, then you have to use `--diff-algorithm=default` option. @@ -118,6 +128,14 @@ have to use `--diff-algorithm=default` option. These parameters can also be set individually with `--stat-width=<width>`, `--stat-name-width=<name-width>` and `--stat-count=<count>`. +--compact-summary:: + Output a condensed summary of extended header information such + as file creations or deletions ("new" or "gone", optionally "+l" + if it's a symlink) and mode changes ("+x" or "-x" for adding + or removing executable bit respectively) in diffstat. The + information is put between the filename part and the graph + part. Implies `--stat`. + --numstat:: Similar to `--stat`, but shows number of added and deleted lines in decimal notation and pathname without @@ -197,10 +215,9 @@ ifndef::git-log[] given, do not munge pathnames and use NULs as output field terminators. endif::git-log[] + -Without this option, each pathname output will have TAB, LF, double quotes, -and backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, `\"`, and `\\`, -respectively, and the pathname will be enclosed in double quotes if -any of those replacements occurred. +Without this option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are quoted as +explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see +linkgit:git-config[1]). --name-only:: Show only names of changed files. @@ -210,13 +227,16 @@ any of those replacements occurred. of the `--diff-filter` option on what the status letters mean. --submodule[=<format>]:: - Specify how differences in submodules are shown. When `--submodule` - or `--submodule=log` is given, the 'log' format is used. This format lists - the commits in the range like linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary` does. - Omitting the `--submodule` option or specifying `--submodule=short`, - uses the 'short' format. This format just shows the names of the commits - at the beginning and end of the range. Can be tweaked via the - `diff.submodule` configuration variable. + Specify how differences in submodules are shown. When specifying + `--submodule=short` the 'short' format is used. This format just + shows the names of the commits at the beginning and end of the range. + When `--submodule` or `--submodule=log` is specified, the 'log' + format is used. This format lists the commits in the range like + linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary` does. When `--submodule=diff` + is specified, the 'diff' format is used. This format shows an + inline diff of the changes in the submodule contents between the + commit range. Defaults to `diff.submodule` or the 'short' format + if the config option is unset. --color[=<when>]:: Show colored diff. @@ -234,6 +254,70 @@ ifdef::git-diff[] endif::git-diff[] It is the same as `--color=never`. +--color-moved[=<mode>]:: + Moved lines of code are colored differently. +ifdef::git-diff[] + It can be changed by the `diff.colorMoved` configuration setting. +endif::git-diff[] + The <mode> defaults to 'no' if the option is not given + and to 'zebra' if the option with no mode is given. + The mode must be one of: ++ +-- +no:: + Moved lines are not highlighted. +default:: + Is a synonym for `zebra`. This may change to a more sensible mode + in the future. +plain:: + Any line that is added in one location and was removed + in another location will be colored with 'color.diff.newMoved'. + Similarly 'color.diff.oldMoved' will be used for removed lines + that are added somewhere else in the diff. This mode picks up any + moved line, but it is not very useful in a review to determine + if a block of code was moved without permutation. +blocks:: + Blocks of moved text of at least 20 alphanumeric characters + are detected greedily. The detected blocks are + painted using either the 'color.diff.{old,new}Moved' color. + Adjacent blocks cannot be told apart. +zebra:: + Blocks of moved text are detected as in 'blocks' mode. The blocks + are painted using either the 'color.diff.{old,new}Moved' color or + 'color.diff.{old,new}MovedAlternative'. The change between + the two colors indicates that a new block was detected. +dimmed-zebra:: + Similar to 'zebra', but additional dimming of uninteresting parts + of moved code is performed. The bordering lines of two adjacent + blocks are considered interesting, the rest is uninteresting. + `dimmed_zebra` is a deprecated synonym. +-- + +--color-moved-ws=<modes>:: + This configures how white spaces are ignored when performing the + move detection for `--color-moved`. +ifdef::git-diff[] + It can be set by the `diff.colorMovedWS` configuration setting. +endif::git-diff[] + These modes can be given as a comma separated list: ++ +-- +ignore-space-at-eol:: + Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL. +ignore-space-change:: + Ignore changes in amount of whitespace. This ignores whitespace + at line end, and considers all other sequences of one or + more whitespace characters to be equivalent. +ignore-all-space:: + Ignore whitespace when comparing lines. This ignores differences + even if one line has whitespace where the other line has none. +allow-indentation-change:: + Initially ignore any white spaces in the move detection, then + group the moved code blocks only into a block if the change in + whitespace is the same per line. This is incompatible with the + other modes. +-- + --word-diff[=<mode>]:: Show a word diff, using the <mode> to delimit changed words. By default, words are delimited by whitespace; see @@ -296,20 +380,21 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] Warn if changes introduce conflict markers or whitespace errors. What are considered whitespace errors is controlled by `core.whitespace` configuration. By default, trailing whitespaces (including - lines that solely consist of whitespaces) and a space character + lines that consist solely of whitespaces) and a space character that is immediately followed by a tab character inside the initial indent of the line are considered whitespace errors. Exits with non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible with --exit-code. --ws-error-highlight=<kind>:: - Highlight whitespace errors on lines specified by <kind> - in the color specified by `color.diff.whitespace`. <kind> - is a comma separated list of `old`, `new`, `context`. When - this option is not given, only whitespace errors in `new` - lines are highlighted. E.g. `--ws-error-highlight=new,old` - highlights whitespace errors on both deleted and added lines. - `all` can be used as a short-hand for `old,new,context`. + Highlight whitespace errors in the `context`, `old` or `new` + lines of the diff. Multiple values are separated by comma, + `none` resets previous values, `default` reset the list to + `new` and `all` is a shorthand for `old,new,context`. When + this option is not given, and the configuration variable + `diff.wsErrorHighlight` is not set, only whitespace errors in + `new` lines are highlighted. The whitespace errors are colored + with `color.diff.whitespace`. endif::git-format-patch[] @@ -393,7 +478,7 @@ endif::git-log[] the diff between the preimage and `/dev/null`. The resulting patch is not meant to be applied with `patch` or `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 + text after the change. In addition, the output obviously lacks enough information to apply such a patch in reverse, even manually, hence the name of the option. + @@ -419,6 +504,15 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] 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. ++ +Also, these upper-case letters can be downcased to exclude. E.g. +`--diff-filter=ad` excludes added and deleted paths. ++ +Note that not all diffs can feature all types. For instance, diffs +from the index to the working tree can never have Added entries +(because the set of paths included in the diff is limited by what is in +the index). Similarly, copied and renamed entries cannot appear if +detection for those types is disabled. -S<string>:: Look for differences that change the number of occurrences of @@ -452,6 +546,15 @@ occurrences of that string did not change). See the 'pickaxe' entry in linkgit:gitdiffcore[7] for more information. +--find-object=<object-id>:: + Look for differences that change the number of occurrences of + the specified object. Similar to `-S`, just the argument is different + in that it doesn't search for a specific string but for a specific + object id. ++ +The object can be a blob or a submodule commit. It implies the `-t` option in +`git-log` to also find trees. + --pickaxe-all:: When `-S` or `-G` finds a change, show all the changes in that changeset, not just the files that contain the change @@ -460,14 +563,45 @@ information. --pickaxe-regex:: Treat the <string> given to `-S` as an extended POSIX regular expression to match. + endif::git-format-patch[] -O<orderfile>:: - Output the patch in the order specified in the - <orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line. + Control the order in which files appear in the output. This overrides the `diff.orderFile` configuration variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]). To cancel `diff.orderFile`, use `-O/dev/null`. ++ +The output order is determined by the order of glob patterns in +<orderfile>. +All files with pathnames that match the first pattern are output +first, all files with pathnames that match the second pattern (but not +the first) are output next, and so on. +All files with pathnames that do not match any pattern are output +last, as if there was an implicit match-all pattern at the end of the +file. +If multiple pathnames have the same rank (they match the same pattern +but no earlier patterns), their output order relative to each other is +the normal order. ++ +<orderfile> is parsed as follows: ++ +-- + - Blank lines are ignored, so they can be used as separators for + readability. + + - Lines starting with a hash ("`#`") are ignored, so they can be used + for comments. Add a backslash ("`\`") to the beginning of the + pattern if it starts with a hash. + + - Each other line contains a single pattern. +-- ++ +Patterns have the same syntax and semantics as patterns used for +fnmatch(3) without the FNM_PATHNAME flag, except a pathname also +matches a pattern if removing any number of the final pathname +components matches the pattern. For example, the pattern "`foo*bar`" +matches "`fooasdfbar`" and "`foo/bar/baz/asdf`" but not "`foobarx`". ifndef::git-format-patch[] -R:: @@ -487,6 +621,9 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] --text:: Treat all files as text. +--ignore-cr-at-eol:: + Ignore carriage-return at the end of line when doing a comparison. + --ignore-space-at-eol:: Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL. @@ -508,6 +645,8 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] --inter-hunk-context=<lines>:: Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number of lines, thereby fusing hunks that are close to each other. + Defaults to `diff.interHunkContext` or 0 if the config option + is unset. -W:: --function-context:: @@ -566,5 +705,16 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] --no-prefix:: Do not show any source or destination prefix. +--line-prefix=<prefix>:: + Prepend an additional prefix to every line of output. + +--ita-invisible-in-index:: + By default entries added by "git add -N" appear as an existing + empty file in "git diff" and a new file in "git diff --cached". + This option makes the entry appear as a new file in "git diff" + and non-existent in "git diff --cached". This option could be + reverted with `--ita-visible-in-index`. Both options are + experimental and could be removed in future. + For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also linkgit:gitdiffcore[7]. |