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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 890931c..7ab2080 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -46,60 +46,60 @@ EXAMPLES Various ways to check your working tree:: + ------------ -$ git diff <1> -$ git diff --cached <2> -$ git diff HEAD <3> - +$ git diff <1> +$ git diff --cached <2> +$ git diff HEAD <3> +------------ ++ <1> changes in the working tree since your last git-update-index. <2> changes between the index and your last commit; what you would be committing if you run "git commit" without "-a" option. <3> changes in the working tree since your last commit; what you would be committing if you run "git commit -a" ------------- Comparing with arbitrary commits:: + ------------ -$ git diff test <1> -$ git diff HEAD -- ./test <2> -$ git diff HEAD^ HEAD <3> - +$ git diff test <1> +$ git diff HEAD -- ./test <2> +$ git diff HEAD^ HEAD <3> +------------ ++ <1> instead of using the tip of the current branch, compare with the tip of "test" branch. <2> instead of comparing with the tip of "test" branch, compare with the tip of the current branch, but limit the comparison to the file "test". <3> compare the version before the last commit and the last commit. ------------- Limiting the diff output:: + ------------ -$ git diff --diff-filter=MRC <1> -$ git diff --name-status -r <2> -$ git diff arch/i386 include/asm-i386 <3> - +$ git diff --diff-filter=MRC <1> +$ git diff --name-status -r <2> +$ git diff arch/i386 include/asm-i386 <3> +------------ ++ <1> show only modification, rename and copy, but not addition nor deletion. <2> show only names and the nature of change, but not actual diff output. --name-status disables usual patch generation -which in turn also disables recursive behaviour, so without -r +which in turn also disables recursive behavior, so without -r you would only see the directory name if there is a change in a file in a subdirectory. <3> limit diff output to named subtrees. ------------- Munging the diff output:: + ------------ -$ git diff --find-copies-harder -B -C <1> -$ git diff -R <2> - +$ git diff --find-copies-harder -B -C <1> +$ git diff -R <2> +------------ ++ <1> spend extra cycles to find renames, copies and complete rewrites (very expensive). <2> output diff in reverse. ------------- Author |