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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index c53eba557d..bbab35fcaf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -8,24 +8,35 @@ git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc SYNOPSIS -------- -'git diff' [<common diff options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] +[verse] +'git diff' [options] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...] +'git diff' [options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...] +'git diff' [options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...] +'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob> +'git diff' [options] [--no-index] [--] <path> <path> DESCRIPTION ----------- -Show changes between two trees, a tree and the working tree, a -tree and the index file, or the index file and the working tree. +Show changes between the working tree and the index or a tree, changes +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]. -+ -If exactly two paths are given, and at least one is untracked, -compare the two files / directories. This behavior can be -forced by --no-index. + +'git diff' --no-index [--options] [--] [<path>...]:: + + This form is to compare the given two paths on the + filesystem. You can omit the `--no-index` option when + running the command in a working tree controlled by Git and + at least one of the paths points outside the working tree, + or when running the command outside a working tree + controlled by Git. 'git diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: @@ -33,6 +44,9 @@ forced by --no-index. commit relative to the named <commit>. Typically you would want comparison with the latest commit, so if you do not give <commit>, it defaults to HEAD. + If HEAD does not exist (e.g. unborn branches) and + <commit> is not given, it shows all staged changes. + --staged is a synonym of --cached. 'git diff' [--options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: @@ -63,15 +77,20 @@ forced by --no-index. Just in case if you are doing something exotic, it should be noted that all of the <commit> in the above description, except -for the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any -<tree-ish>. +in the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any +<tree>. For a more complete list of ways to spell <commit>, see -"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. +"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. 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 linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. +"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 ------- @@ -83,8 +102,7 @@ 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 @@ -140,8 +158,8 @@ $ git diff --name-status <2> $ git diff arch/i386 include/asm-i386 <3> ------------ + -<1> Show only modification, rename and copy, but not addition -nor deletion. +<1> Show only modification, rename, and copy, but not addition +or deletion. <2> Show only names and the nature of change, but not actual diff output. <3> Limit diff output to named subtrees. @@ -157,14 +175,14 @@ $ git diff -R <2> rewrites (very expensive). <2> Output diff in reverse. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +SEE ALSO +-------- +diff(1), +linkgit:git-difftool[1], +linkgit:git-log[1], +linkgit:gitdiffcore[7], +linkgit:git-format-patch[1], +linkgit:git-apply[1] GIT --- |