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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index f8c06013f3..78d6d50489 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- Show changes between the working tree and the index or a tree, changes -between the index and a tree, changes between two trees, or changes -between two files on disk. +between the index and a tree, changes between two trees, changes between +two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk. 'git diff' [--options] [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you made relative to the index (staging area for the next commit). In other - words, the differences are what you _could_ tell git to + words, the differences are what you _could_ tell Git to further add to the index but you still haven't. You can stage these changes by using linkgit:git-add[1]. + @@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ directories. This behavior can be forced by --no-index. This is to view the changes between two arbitrary <commit>. -'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob>:: - - This form is to view the differences between the raw - contents of two blob objects. - 'git diff' [--options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This is synonymous to the previous form. If <commit> on @@ -87,6 +82,11 @@ and the range notations ("<commit>..<commit>" and "<commit>\...<commit>") do not mean a range as defined in the "SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. +'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob>:: + + This form is to view the differences between the raw + contents of two blob objects. + OPTIONS ------- :git-diff: 1 |