git-diff-files(1)
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v0.1, May 2005

NAME
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git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the cache


SYNOPSIS
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'git-diff-files' [-p] [-q] [-r] [-z] [-M] [-C] [-R] [-S<string>] [<pattern>...]

DESCRIPTION
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Compares the files in the working tree and the cache.  When paths
are specified, compares only those named paths.  Otherwise all
entries in the cache are compared.  The output format is the
same as "git-diff-cache" and "git-diff-tree".

OPTIONS
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-p::
	generate patch (see section on generating patches).

-q::
	Remain silent even on nonexisting files

-R::
	Output diff in reverse.

-M::
	Detect renames.

-C::
	Detect copies as well as renames.

-S<string>::
	Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.


-r::
	This flag does not mean anything.  It is there only to match
	git-diff-tree.  Unlike git-diff-tree, git-diff-files always looks
	at all the subdirectories.


Output format
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include::diff-format.txt[]


Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Documentation
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

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