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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree-helper.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree-helper.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d44858df51 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree-helper.txt @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +git-diff-tree-helper(1) +======================= +v0.1, May 2005 + +NAME +---- +git-diff-tree-helper - Generates patch format output for git-diff-* + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-diff-tree-helper' [-z] [-R] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Reads output from "git-diff-cache", "git-diff-tree" and "git-diff-files" and +generates patch format output. + +OPTIONS +------- +-z:: + \0 line termination on input + +-R:: + Output diff in reverse. This is useful for displaying output from + "git-diff-cache" which always compares tree with cache or working + file. E.g. + + git-diff-cache <tree> | git-diff-tree-helper -R file.c ++ +would show a diff to bring the working file back to what is in the <tree>. + +See also the section on generating patches in link:git-diff-cache.html[git-diff-cache] + + +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 link:git.html[git] suite + |