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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 727f24d16e..8f7b4ed3ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ files on disk. This form is to view the results of a merge commit. The first listed <commit> must be the merge itself; the remaining two or more commits should be its parents. A convenient way to produce - the desired set of revisions is to use the {caret}@ suffix. + the desired set of revisions is to use the `^@` suffix. For instance, if `master` names a merge commit, `git diff master master^@` gives the same combined diff as `git show master`. 'git diff' [<options>] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: - This is synonymous to the earlier form (without the "..") for + This is synonymous to the earlier form (without the `..`) for viewing the changes between two arbitrary <commit>. If <commit> on one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as using HEAD instead. @@ -83,20 +83,20 @@ files on disk. 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 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 you are doing something exotic, it should be noted that all of the <commit> in the above description, except -in the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any +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: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 +and the range notations (`<commit>..<commit>` and +`<commit>...<commit>`) do not mean a range as defined in the "SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. 'git diff' [<options>] <blob> <blob>:: @@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ $ 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. + 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" + would be committing if you run `git commit -a` Comparing with arbitrary commits:: + |