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diff --git a/contrib/diffall/README b/contrib/diffall/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..507f17dcd6 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/diffall/README @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +The git-diffall script provides a directory based diff mechanism +for git. + +To determine what diff viewer is used, the script requires either +the 'diff.tool' or 'merge.tool' configuration option to be set. + +This script is compatible with most common forms used to specify a +range of revisions to diff: + + 1. git diffall: shows diff between working tree and staged changes + 2. git diffall --cached [<commit>]: shows diff between staged + changes and HEAD (or other named commit) + 3. git diffall <commit>: shows diff between working tree and named + commit + 4. git diffall <commit> <commit>: show diff between two named commits + 5. git diffall <commit>..<commit>: same as above + 6. git diffall <commit>...<commit>: show the changes on the branch + containing and up to the second, starting at a common ancestor + of both <commit> + +Note: all forms take an optional path limiter [-- <path>*] + +The '--extcmd=<command>' option allows the user to specify a custom +command for viewing diffs. When given, configured defaults are +ignored and the script runs $command $LOCAL $REMOTE. Additionally, +$BASE is set in the environment. + +This script is based on an example provided by Thomas Rast on the +Git list [1]: + +[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/124807 |