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index ce0f502468..57c28628bb 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ tree and the index file, or the index file and the working tree.
the index (staging area for the next commit). In other
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 gitlink:git-add[1].
+ stage these changes by using linkgit:git-add[1].
+
If exactly two paths are given, and at least one is untracked,
compare the two files / directories. This behavior can be
@@ -67,14 +67,15 @@ for the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any
<tree-ish>.
For a more complete list of ways to spell <commit>, see
-"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
+"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
However, "diff" is about comparing two _endpoints_, not ranges,
and the range notations ("<commit>..<commit>" and
"<commit>\...<commit>") do not mean a range as defined in the
-"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
+"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
OPTIONS
-------
+:git-diff: 1
include::diff-options.txt[]
<path>...::
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
the diff to the named paths (you can give directory
names and get diff for all files under them).
+Output format
+-------------
+include::diff-format.txt[]
EXAMPLES
--------
@@ -164,4 +168,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite