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@@ -19,16 +19,12 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
-p::
+-u::
Generate patch (see section on generating patches).
{git-diff? This is the default.}
endif::git-format-patch[]
--u::
- Synonym for "-p".
-
-U<n>::
- Shorthand for "--unified=<n>".
-
--unified=<n>::
Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of
the usual three. Implies "-p".
@@ -120,7 +116,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
--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
+ lines, show only a partial 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>.
@@ -137,7 +133,8 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
--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
+ 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 may be used.
When `*` (All-or-none) is added to the combination, all
@@ -189,30 +186,28 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
can name which subdirectory to make the output relative
to by giving a <path> as an argument.
+-a::
--text::
Treat all files as text.
--a::
- Shorthand for "--text".
-
--ignore-space-at-eol::
Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL.
+-b::
--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.
--b::
- Shorthand for "--ignore-space-change".
-
+-w::
--ignore-all-space::
Ignore whitespace when comparing lines. This ignores
differences even if one line has whitespace where the other
line has none.
--w::
- Shorthand for "--ignore-all-space".
+--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.
--exit-code::
Make the program exit with codes similar to diff(1).