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+git-diff(1)
+===========
+
+NAME
+----
+git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc.
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git-diff' [ --diff-options ] <ent>{0,2} [<path>...]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Show changes between two ents, an ent and the working tree, an
+ent and the index file, or the index file and the working tree.
+The combination of what is compared with what is determined by
+the number of ents given to the command.
+
+`----------------`--------`-----------------------------`------------------
+Number of ents Options What's Compared Underlying command
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+0 - index file and working tree git-diff-files
+1 --cached ent and index file git-diff-index
+1 - ent and working tree git-diff-index
+2 - two ents git-diff-tree
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+--diff-options::
+ '--diff-options' are passed to the `git-diff-files`,
+ `git-diff-index`, and `git-diff-tree` commands. See the
+ documentation for these commands for description.
+
+<path>...::
+ The <path> arguments are also passed to `git-diff-\*`
+ commands.
+
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+