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@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
--patch-with-raw::
Synonym for "-p --raw".
+--patience:
+ Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm.
+
--stat[=width[,name-width]]::
Generate a diffstat. You can override the default
output width for 80-column terminal by "--stat=width".
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
--abbrev[=<n>]::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
- lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix. This is
+ lines, show only a partial prefix. This is
independent of --full-index option above, which controls
the diff-patch output format. Non default number of
digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
@@ -205,6 +208,10 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
differences even if one line has whitespace where the other
line has none.
+--inter-hunk-context=<lines>::
+ Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number
+ of lines, thereby fusing hunks that are close to each other.
+
--exit-code::
Make the program exit with codes similar to diff(1).
That is, it exits with 1 if there were differences and