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This behavior can be +forced by --no-index. + +'git diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: + + This form is to view the changes you staged for the next + 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. + +'git diff' [--options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: + + This form is to view the changes you have in your + working tree relative to the named <commit>. You can + use HEAD to compare it with the latest commit, or a + branch name to compare with the tip of a different + branch. + +'git diff' [--options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: + + This is to view the changes between two arbitrary + <commit>. + +'git diff' [--options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: + + This is synonymous to the previous form. If <commit> on + one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as + using HEAD instead. + +'git diff' [--options] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: + + This form is to view the changes on the branch containing + and up to the second <commit>, starting at a common ancestor + of both <commit>. "git diff A\...B" is equivalent to + "git diff $(git-merge-base A B) B". You can omit any one + of <commit>, which has the same effect as using HEAD instead. + +Just in case if you are doing something exotic, it should be +noted that all of the <commit> in the above description, except +for the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any +<tree-ish>. + +For a more complete list of ways to spell <commit>, see +"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. +However, "diff" is about comparing two _endpoints_, not ranges, +and the range notations ("<commit>..<commit>" and +"<commit>\...<commit>") do not mean a range as defined in the +"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. + +OPTIONS +------- +:git-diff: 1 +include::diff-options.txt[] + +<path>...:: + The <paths> parameters, when given, are used to limit + the diff to the named paths (you can give directory + names and get diff for all files under them). + +Output format +------------- +include::diff-format.txt[] + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +Various ways to check your working tree:: ++ +------------ +$ git diff <1> +$ git diff --cached <2> +$ git diff HEAD <3> +------------ ++ +<1> Changes in the working tree not yet staged for the next commit. +<2> Changes between the index and your last commit; what you +would be committing if you run "git commit" without "-a" option. +<3> Changes in the working tree since your last commit; what you +would be committing if you run "git commit -a" + +Comparing with arbitrary commits:: ++ +------------ +$ git diff test <1> +$ git diff HEAD -- ./test <2> +$ git diff HEAD^ HEAD <3> +------------ ++ +<1> Instead of using the tip of the current branch, compare with the +tip of "test" branch. +<2> Instead of comparing with the tip of "test" branch, compare with +the tip of the current branch, but limit the comparison to the +file "test". +<3> Compare the version before the last commit and the last commit. + +Comparing branches:: ++ +------------ +$ git diff topic master <1> +$ git diff topic..master <2> +$ git diff topic...master <3> +------------ ++ +<1> Changes between the tips of the topic and the master branches. +<2> Same as above. +<3> Changes that occurred on the master branch since when the topic +branch was started off it. + +Limiting the diff output:: ++ +------------ +$ git diff --diff-filter=MRC <1> +$ 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. +<2> Show only names and the nature of change, but not actual +diff output. +<3> Limit diff output to named subtrees. + +Munging the diff output:: ++ +------------ +$ git diff --find-copies-harder -B -C <1> +$ git diff -R <2> +------------ ++ +<1> Spend extra cycles to find renames, copies and complete +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>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |