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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-index - Compare a tree to the working tree or index
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
+'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [--merge-base] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
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@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
The id of a tree object to diff against.
--cached::
- do not consider the on-disk file at all
+ Do not consider the on-disk file at all.
+
+--merge-base::
+ Instead of comparing <tree-ish> directly, use the merge base
+ between <tree-ish> and HEAD instead. <tree-ish> must be a
+ commit.
-m::
By default, files recorded in the index but not checked