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| author | Christian Meder <chris@absolutegiganten.org> | 2005-10-05 22:08:26 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-10-05 22:08:26 (GMT) |
| commit | f73ae1fc5d5308fecf0a4bdbd7312f7f5b00df55 (patch) | |
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Some typos and light editing of various manpages
Typos, light editing and clarifications.
Signed-off-by: Christian Meder <chris@absolutegiganten.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 613a60d..06500d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ Synonym for "-p". -r:: - Look recursively in subdirectories; this flag does not - mean anything to commands other than "git-diff-tree"; - other diff commands always look at all the subdirectories. + Look recursively in subdirectories; only used by "git-diff-tree"; + other diff commands always work recursively. -z:: \0 line termination on output @@ -28,26 +27,26 @@ Detect copies as well as renames. --find-copies-harder:: - By default, -C option finds copies only if the original - file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for - performance reasons. This flag makes the command + For performance reasons, by default, -C option finds copies only + if the original file of the copy was modified in the same + changeset. This flag makes the command inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of copy. This is a very expensive operation for large projects, so use it with caution. -l<num>:: -M and -C options require O(n^2) processing time where n - in the number of potential rename/copy targets. This + is the number of potential rename/copy targets. This option prevents rename/copy detection from running if - the number of rename/copy targets exceed the specified + the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified number. -S<string>:: - Look for differences that contains the change in <string>. + Look for differences that contain the change in <string>. --pickaxe-all:: When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that - changeset, not just the files that contains the change + changeset, not just the files that contain the change in <string>. -O<orderfile>:: |