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-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt16
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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
index 1aed79e7dc..6aa1be0478 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ directories with less than 10% of the total amount of changed files,
and accumulating child directory counts in the parent directories:
`files,10,cumulative`.
+diff.statGraphWidth::
+ Limit the width of the graph part in --stat output. If set, applies
+ to all commands generating --stat outuput except format-patch.
+
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index d34efd5218..87f0a5fb8f 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -54,13 +54,15 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
--stat[=<width>[,<name-width>[,<count>]]]::
Generate a diffstat. By default, as much space as necessary
- will be used for the filename part, and the rest for
- the graph part. Maximum width defaults to terminal width,
- or 80 columns if not connected to a terminal, and can be
- overriden by `<width>`. The width of the filename part can be
- limited by giving another width `<name-width>` after a comma.
- The width of the graph part can be limited by using
- `--stat-graph-width=<width>`.
+ will be used for the filename part, and the rest for the graph
+ part. Maximum width defaults to terminal width, or 80 columns
+ if not connected to a terminal, and can be overriden by
+ `<width>`. The width of the filename part can be limited by
+ giving another width `<name-width>` after a comma. The width
+ of the graph part can be limited by using
+ `--stat-graph-width=<width>` (affects all commands generating
+ a stat graph) or by setting `diff.statGraphWidth=<width>`
+ (does not affect `git format-patch`).
By giving a third parameter `<count>`, you can limit the
output to the first `<count>` lines, followed by `...` if
there are more.