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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt index 2319b2b192..5c8a2a5e97 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--no-commit-id] [--pretty] - [-t] [-r] [-c | --cc] [--root] [<common diff options>] - <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...] + [-t] [-r] [-c | --cc] [--combined-all-paths] [--root] + [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] <path>...:: If provided, the results are limited to a subset of files - matching one of these prefix strings. - i.e., file matches `/^<pattern1>|<pattern2>|.../` - Note that this parameter does not provide any wildcard or regexp - features. + matching one of the provided pathspecs. -r:: recurse into sub-trees @@ -108,6 +105,13 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[] itself and the commit log message is not shown, just like in any other "empty diff" case. +--combined-all-paths:: + This flag causes combined diffs (used for merge commits) to + list the name of the file from all parents. It thus only has + effect when -c or --cc are specified, and is likely only + useful if filename changes are detected (i.e. when either + rename or copy detection have been requested). + --always:: Show the commit itself and the commit log message even if the diff itself is empty. @@ -115,51 +119,6 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[] include::pretty-formats.txt[] - -LIMITING OUTPUT ---------------- -If you're only interested in differences in a subset of files, for -example some architecture-specific files, you might do: - - git diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> arch/ia64 include/asm-ia64 - -and it will only show you what changed in those two directories. - -Or if you are searching for what changed in just `kernel/sched.c`, just do - - git diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> kernel/sched.c - -and it will ignore all differences to other files. - -The pattern is always the prefix, and is matched exactly. There are no -wildcards. Even stricter, it has to match a complete path component. -I.e. "foo" does not pick up `foobar.h`. "foo" does match `foo/bar.h` -so it can be used to name subdirectories. - -An example of normal usage is: - - torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git diff-tree --abbrev 5319e4 - :100664 100664 ac348b... a01513... git-fsck-objects.c - -which tells you that the last commit changed just one file (it's from -this one: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -commit 3c6f7ca19ad4043e9e72fa94106f352897e651a8 -tree 5319e4d609cdd282069cc4dce33c1db559539b03 -parent b4e628ea30d5ab3606119d2ea5caeab141d38df7 -author Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> Sat Apr 9 12:02:30 2005 -committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> Sat Apr 9 12:02:30 2005 - -Make "git-fsck-objects" print out all the root commits it finds. - -Once I do the reference tracking, I'll also make it print out all the -HEAD commits it finds, which is even more interesting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - -in case you care). - - include::diff-format.txt[] GIT |