diff options
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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 530d115914..0aebe83205 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -49,10 +49,9 @@ ifdef::git-log[] --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 + the default format. The default format could be changed using `log.diffMerges` configuration parameter, which default value - is `separate`. + is `separate`. `-m` implies `-p`. + --diff-merges=first-parent::: --diff-merges=1::: @@ -62,7 +61,8 @@ ifdef::git-log[] --diff-merges=separate::: 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. + for each parent. This is the format that `-m` produced + historically. + --diff-merges=combined::: --diff-merges=c::: @@ -588,11 +588,17 @@ 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)...[*]]:: |