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| author | Tim Henigan <tim.henigan@gmail.com> | 2012-03-14 17:00:55 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-03-14 19:15:46 (GMT) |
| commit | 3fe271e91b4d1b9ed0b304e218df8fd419012107 (patch) | |
| tree | bb1a91bf81f9f704244e2fd2e2ddc92843fd9486 /Documentation | |
| parent | 752c0c24926aacbceca0d27de6ad22cbb7dd0709 (diff) | |
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Documentation/diff-options: reword description of --submodule option
The previous description was confusing. This rewrite makes it easier
to understand.
Signed-off-by: Tim Henigan <tim.henigan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-options.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index e26b847..286d84d 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -88,11 +88,12 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] of the `--diff-filter` option on what the status letters mean. --submodule[=<format>]:: - Chose the output format for submodule differences. <format> can be one of - 'short' and 'log'. 'short' just shows pairs of commit names, this format - is used when this option is not given. 'log' is the default value for this - option and lists the commits in that commit range like the 'summary' - option of linkgit:git-submodule[1] does. + Specify how differences in submodules are shown. When `--submodule` + or `--submodule=log` is given, the 'log' format is used. This format lists + 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. --color:: Show colored diff. |