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2011-03-08diff format documentation: clarify --cc and -cLibravatar Adam Monsen1-4/+7
The description was unclear if -c or --cc was the default (--cc is for some commands), and incorrectly implied that the default applies to all the diff generating commands. Most importantly, "log" does not default to "--cc" (it defaults to "--no-merges") and "log -p" obeys the user's wish to see non-combined format. Only "diff" (during merge and three-blob comparison) and "show" use --cc as the default. Signed-off-by: Adam Monsen <haircut@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-10-19Clarify and extend the "git diff" format documentationLibravatar Andreas Gruenbacher1-10/+30
Move the similarity and dissimilarity index header description closer to where those extended headers are described. Describe and/or clarify the format used for file modes, pathnames, and the index header. Document that all "old" files refer to the state before applying the *entire* output, and all "new" files refer to the state thereafter. Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-02-12git log -p -m: document -m and honor --first-parentLibravatar Petr Baudis1-1/+2
git log -p -m is used to show one merge entry per parent, with an appropriate diff; this can be useful when examining histories where full set of changes introduced by a merged branch is interesting, not only the conflicts. This patch properly documents the -m switch, which has so far been mentioned only as a fairly special diff-tree flag. It also makes the code show full patch entry only for the first parent when --first-parent is used. Thus: git log -p -m --first-parent will show the history from the "main branch perspective", while also including full diff of changes introduced by other merged in branches. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-12-19Documentation: fix typos, grammar, asciidoc syntaxLibravatar Markus Heidelberg1-3/+3
Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-21git-diff(1): "--c" -> "--cc" typo fixLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-1/+1
git diff does not take a --c option. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-12-05Include diff options in the git-log manpageLibravatar Miklos Vajna1-0/+161
[jc: with quite a few fixups] Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>