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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b78c4c64f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +git-diff-files(1) +================= + +NAME +---- +git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the index + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-diff-files' [-q] [-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc|-n|--no-index] [<common diff options>] [<path>...] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Compares the files in the working tree and the index. When paths +are specified, compares only those named paths. Otherwise all +entries in the index are compared. The output format is the +same as "git-diff-index" and "git-diff-tree". + +OPTIONS +------- +include::diff-options.txt[] + +-1 -2 -3 or --base --ours --theirs, and -0:: + Diff against the "base" version, "our branch" or "their + branch" respectively. With these options, diffs for + merged entries are not shown. ++ +The default is to diff against our branch (-2) and the +cleanly resolved paths. The option -0 can be given to +omit diff output for unmerged entries and just show "Unmerged". + +-c,--cc:: + This compares stage 2 (our branch), stage 3 (their + branch) and the working tree file and outputs a combined + diff, similar to the way 'diff-tree' shows a merge + commit with these flags. + +\-n,\--no-index:: + Compare the two given files / directories. + +-q:: + Remain silent even on nonexistent files + +Output format +------------- +include::diff-format.txt[] + + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite + |