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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 743af97b06..41064909ee 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] endif::git-format-patch[] --indent-heuristic:: - Enable the heuristic that shift diff hunk boundaries to make patches + Enable the heuristic that shifts diff hunk boundaries to make patches easier to read. This is the default. --no-indent-heuristic:: @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ diff" algorithm internally. 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. @@ -128,6 +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 @@ -342,7 +350,7 @@ 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 @@ -356,7 +364,7 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] 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 - whith `color.diff.whitespace`. + with `color.diff.whitespace`. endif::git-format-patch[] @@ -508,6 +516,15 @@ 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 @@ -516,6 +533,7 @@ information. --pickaxe-regex:: Treat the <string> given to `-S` as an extended POSIX regular expression to match. + endif::git-format-patch[] -O<orderfile>:: @@ -550,7 +568,7 @@ the normal order. -- + Patterns have the same syntax and semantics as patterns used for -fnmantch(3) without the FNM_PATHNAME flag, except a pathname also +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`". @@ -574,7 +592,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] Treat all files as text. --ignore-cr-at-eol:: - Ignore carrige-return at the end of line when doing a comparison. + Ignore carriage-return at the end of line when doing a comparison. --ignore-space-at-eol:: Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL. |