diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/diff-options.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-options.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 1689c74817..0f07c9c4a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Detect renames. -C:: - Detect copies as well as renames. + Detect copies as well as renames. See also `--find-copies-harder`. --diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]:: Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`), @@ -100,12 +100,13 @@ that matches other criteria, nothing is selected. --find-copies-harder:: - For performance reasons, by default, -C option finds copies only - if the original file of the copy was modified in the same + For performance reasons, by default, `-C` option finds copies only + if the original file of the copy was modified in the same changeset. This flag makes the command inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of copy. This is a very expensive operation for large - projects, so use it with caution. + projects, so use it with caution. Giving more than one + `-C` option has the same effect. -l<num>:: -M and -C options require O(n^2) processing time where n |