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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt index 378e72f38f..e38a1f1405 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt @@ -59,6 +59,28 @@ When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, respectively. +diff format for merges +---------------------- + +"git-diff-tree" and "git-diff-files" can take '-c' or '--cc' option +to generate diff output also for merge commits. The output differs +from the format described above in the following way: + +. there is a colon for each parent +. there are more "src" modes and "src" sha1 +. status is concatenated status characters for each parent +. no optional "score" number +. single path, only for "dst" + +Example: + +------------------------------------------------ +::100644 100644 100644 fabadb8... cc95eb0... 4866510... MM describe.c +------------------------------------------------ + +Note that 'combined diff' lists only files which were modified from +all parents. + Generating patches with -p -------------------------- |