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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 2e7a93894c..746b144c76 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -704,7 +704,10 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] -W:: --function-context:: - Show whole surrounding functions of changes. + Show whole function as context lines for each change. + The function names are determined in the same way as + `git diff` works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a + custom hunk-header' in linkgit:gitattributes[5]). ifndef::git-format-patch[] ifndef::git-log[] |