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-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-config.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt3
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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
index decd3701eb..89dd634674 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
+diff.submodule::
+ Specify the format in which differences in submodules are
+ shown. The "log" format lists the commits in the range like
+ linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary` does. The "short" format
+ format just shows the names of the commits at the beginning
+ and end of the range. Defaults to short.
+
diff.wordRegex::
A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index cf4b216598..f4f7e250c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ any of those replacements occurred.
the commits in the range like linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary` does.
Omitting the `--submodule` option or specifying `--submodule=short`,
uses the 'short' format. This format just shows the names of the commits
- at the beginning and end of the range.
+ at the beginning and end of the range. Can be tweaked via the
+ `diff.submodule` configuration variable.
--color[=<when>]::
Show colored diff.