git-diff-tree-helper(1) ======================= v0.1, May 2005 NAME ---- git-diff-tree-helper - Generates patch format output for git-diff-* SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-diff-tree-helper' [-z] [-R] DESCRIPTION ----------- Reads output from "git-diff-cache", "git-diff-tree" and "git-diff-files" and generates patch format output. OPTIONS ------- -z:: \0 line termination on input -R:: Output diff in reverse. This is useful for displaying output from "git-diff-cache" which always compares tree with cache or working file. E.g. git-diff-cache | git-diff-tree-helper -R file.c + would show a diff to bring the working file back to what is in the . See also the section on generating patches in link:git-diff-cache.html[git-diff-cache] Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds Documentation -------------- Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list . GIT --- Part of the link:git.html[git] suite