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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index e5733ccb2d..3674ac48e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endif::git-diff[] endif::git-format-patch[] ifdef::git-log[] ---diff-merges=(off|none|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc):: +--diff-merges=(off|none|on|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc|remerge|r):: --no-diff-merges:: Specify diff format to be used for merge commits. Default is {diff-merges-default} unless `--first-parent` is in use, in which case @@ -45,17 +45,36 @@ ifdef::git-log[] Disable output of diffs for merge commits. Useful to override implied value. + +--diff-merges=on::: +--diff-merges=m::: +-m::: + This option makes diff output for merge commits to be shown in + the default format. `-m` will produce the output only if `-p` + is given as well. The default format could be changed using + `log.diffMerges` configuration parameter, which default value + is `separate`. ++ --diff-merges=first-parent::: --diff-merges=1::: This option makes merge commits show the full diff with respect to the first parent only. + --diff-merges=separate::: ---diff-merges=m::: --m::: This makes merge commits show the full diff with respect to each of the parents. Separate log entry and diff is generated - for each parent. `-m` doesn't produce any output without `-p`. + for each parent. ++ +--diff-merges=remerge::: +--diff-merges=r::: +--remerge-diff::: + With this option, two-parent merge commits are remerged to + create a temporary tree object -- potentially containing files + with conflict markers and such. A diff is then shown between + that temporary tree and the actual merge commit. ++ +The output emitted when this option is used is subject to change, and +so is its interaction with other options (unless explicitly +documented). + --diff-merges=combined::: --diff-merges=c::: @@ -293,11 +312,14 @@ explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see linkgit:git-config[1]). --name-only:: - Show only names of changed files. + Show only names of changed files. The file names are often encoded in UTF-8. + For more information see the discussion about encoding in the linkgit:git-log[1] + manual page. --name-status:: Show only names and status of changed files. See the description of the `--diff-filter` option on what the status letters mean. + Just like `--name-only` the file names are often encoded in UTF-8. --submodule[=<format>]:: Specify how differences in submodules are shown. When specifying @@ -578,11 +600,17 @@ When used together with `-B`, omit also the preimage in the deletion part of a delete/create pair. -l<num>:: - The `-M` and `-C` options require O(n^2) processing time where n - is the number of potential rename/copy targets. This - option prevents rename/copy detection from running if - the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified - number. + The `-M` and `-C` options involve some preliminary steps that + can detect subsets of renames/copies cheaply, followed by an + exhaustive fallback portion that compares all remaining + unpaired destinations to all relevant sources. (For renames, + only remaining unpaired sources are relevant; for copies, all + original sources are relevant.) For N sources and + destinations, this exhaustive check is O(N^2). This option + prevents the exhaustive portion of rename/copy detection from + running if the number of source/destination files involved + exceeds the specified number. Defaults to diff.renameLimit. + Note that a value of 0 is treated as unlimited. ifndef::git-format-patch[] --diff-filter=[(A|C|D|M|R|T|U|X|B)...[*]]:: @@ -600,11 +628,8 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] 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. +Note that not all diffs can feature all types. For instance, 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 @@ -700,6 +725,14 @@ 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`". +--skip-to=<file>:: +--rotate-to=<file>:: + Discard the files before the named <file> from the output + (i.e. 'skip to'), or move them to the end of the output + (i.e. 'rotate to'). These were invented primarily for use + of the `git difftool` command, and may not be very useful + otherwise. + ifndef::git-format-patch[] -R:: Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or |