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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt index 5d48664e62..1439486e40 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Compares the content and mode of the blobs found via two tree objects. If there is only one <tree-ish> given, the commit is compared with its parents (see --stdin below). -Note that 'git-diff-tree' can use the tree encapsulated in a commit object. +Note that 'git diff-tree' can use the tree encapsulated in a commit object. OPTIONS ------- @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] show tree entry itself as well as subtrees. Implies -r. --root:: - When '--root' is specified the initial commit will be showed as a big + When '--root' is specified the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against the NULL tree. --stdin:: @@ -63,29 +63,29 @@ and terminated by a newline) is printed before the difference. When comparing commits, the ID of the first (or only) commit, followed by a newline, is printed. + -The following flags further affects the behavior when comparing +The following flags further affect the behavior when comparing commits (but not trees). -m:: - By default, 'git-diff-tree --stdin' does not show + By default, 'git diff-tree --stdin' does not show differences for merge commits. With this flag, it shows differences to that commit from all of its parents. See also '-c'. -s:: - By default, 'git-diff-tree --stdin' shows differences, + By default, 'git diff-tree --stdin' shows differences, either in machine-readable form (without '-p') or in patch form (with '-p'). This output can be suppressed. It is only useful with '-v' flag. -v:: - This flag causes 'git-diff-tree --stdin' to also show + This flag causes 'git diff-tree --stdin' to also show the commit message before the differences. include::pretty-options.txt[] --no-commit-id:: - 'git-diff-tree' outputs a line with the commit ID when + 'git diff-tree' outputs a line with the commit ID when applicable. This flag suppressed the commit ID output. -c:: @@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ so it can be used to name subdirectories. An example of normal usage is: - torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git diff-tree 5319e4...... - *100664->100664 blob ac348b.......->a01513....... git-fsck-objects.c + 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: @@ -159,18 +159,8 @@ HEAD commits it finds, which is even more interesting. in case you care). -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>. +include::diff-format.txt[] GIT --- |