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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-11-21 10:47:10 +0300 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-11-21 10:47:10 +0300 |
commit | 1a02a85d63f280ffaec6977ed2365be92cb80287 (patch) | |
tree | fc0cb889551b7c6f297a7a72508357397a4de451 /Documentation/diff-options.txt | |
parent | aa437791d8b3d5a163777d1cabd1f299654ce712 (diff) | |
parent | 2cfa8330e414bc73b01d45f232f8566afc56dd10 (diff) |
Merge branch 'bg/format-patch-doc-update'
* bg/format-patch-doc-update:
format-patch: Add "--no-stat" as a synonym for "-p"
format-patch documentation: Fix formatting
format-patch documentation: Remove diff options that are not useful
format-patch: Always generate a patch
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/diff-options.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-options.txt | 61 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index e26b84706f..2b37193a37 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] ifdef::git-format-patch[] -p:: - Generate patches without diffstat. +--no-stat:: + Generate plain patches without any diffstats. endif::git-format-patch[] ifndef::git-format-patch[] @@ -27,33 +28,40 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] -U<n>:: --unified=<n>:: Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of - the usual three. Implies "-p". + the usual three. +ifndef::git-format-patch[] + Implies `-p`. +endif::git-format-patch[] +ifndef::git-format-patch[] --raw:: Generate the raw format. {git-diff-core? This is the default.} +endif::git-format-patch[] +ifndef::git-format-patch[] --patch-with-raw:: - Synonym for "-p --raw". + Synonym for `-p --raw`. +endif::git-format-patch[] --patience:: Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm. --stat[=width[,name-width]]:: Generate a diffstat. You can override the default - output width for 80-column terminal by "--stat=width". + output width for 80-column terminal by `--stat=width`. The width of the filename part can be controlled by giving another width to it separated by a comma. --numstat:: - Similar to \--stat, but shows number of added and + Similar to `\--stat`, but shows number of added and deleted lines in decimal notation and pathname without abbreviation, to make it more machine friendly. For binary files, outputs two `-` instead of saying `0 0`. --shortstat:: - Output only the last line of the --stat format containing total + Output only the last line of the `--stat` format containing total number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted lines. @@ -61,24 +69,26 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] Output the distribution of relative amount of changes (number of lines added or removed) for each sub-directory. Directories with changes below a cut-off percent (3% by default) are not shown. The cut-off percent - can be set with "--dirstat=limit". Changes in a child directory is not - counted for the parent directory, unless "--cumulative" is used. + can be set with `--dirstat=limit`. Changes in a child directory is not + counted for the parent directory, unless `--cumulative` is used. --dirstat-by-file[=limit]:: - Same as --dirstat, but counts changed files instead of lines. + Same as `--dirstat`, but counts changed files instead of lines. --summary:: Output a condensed summary of extended header information such as creations, renames and mode changes. +ifndef::git-format-patch[] --patch-with-stat:: - Synonym for "-p --stat". - {git-format-patch? This is the default.} + Synonym for `-p --stat`. +endif::git-format-patch[] +ifndef::git-format-patch[] -z:: - NUL-line termination on output. This affects the --raw + NUL-line termination on output. This affects the `--raw` output field terminator. Also output from commands such - as "git-log" will be delimited with NUL between commits. + as `git-log` will be delimited with NUL between commits. --name-only:: Show only names of changed files. @@ -117,16 +127,19 @@ The regex can also be set via a diff driver or configuration option, see linkgit:gitattributes[1] or linkgit:git-config[1]. Giving it explicitly overrides any diff driver or configuration setting. Diff drivers override configuration settings. +endif::git-format-patch[] --no-renames:: Turn off rename detection, even when the configuration file gives the default to do so. +ifndef::git-format-patch[] --check:: Warn if changes introduce trailing whitespace or an indent that uses a space before a tab. Exits with non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible with --exit-code. +endif::git-format-patch[] --full-index:: Instead of the first handful of characters, show the full @@ -134,16 +147,16 @@ override configuration settings. line when generating patch format output. --binary:: - In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that - can be applied with "git apply". + In addition to `--full-index`, output a binary diff that + can be applied with `git-apply`. --abbrev[=<n>]:: Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header lines, show only a partial prefix. This is - independent of --full-index option above, which controls + independent of the `--full-index` option above, which controls the diff-patch output format. Non default number of - digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>. + digits can be specified with `--abbrev=<n>`. -B:: Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create. @@ -154,6 +167,7 @@ override configuration settings. -C:: Detect copies as well as renames. See also `--find-copies-harder`. +ifndef::git-format-patch[] --diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]:: Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`), Deleted (`D`), Modified (`M`), Renamed (`R`), have their @@ -165,6 +179,7 @@ override configuration settings. paths are selected if there is any file that matches other criteria in the comparison; if there is no file that matches other criteria, nothing is selected. +endif::git-format-patch[] --find-copies-harder:: For performance reasons, by default, `-C` option finds copies only @@ -176,12 +191,13 @@ override configuration settings. `-C` option has the same effect. -l<num>:: - -M and -C options require O(n^2) processing time where n + The `-M` and `-C` options require O(n^2) processing time where n is the number of potential rename/copy targets. This option prevents rename/copy detection from running if the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified number. +ifndef::git-format-patch[] -S<string>:: Look for differences that introduce or remove an instance of <string>. Note that this is different than the string simply @@ -189,18 +205,20 @@ override configuration settings. linkgit:gitdiffcore[7] for more details. --pickaxe-all:: - When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that + When `-S` finds a change, show all the changes in that changeset, not just the files that contain the change in <string>. --pickaxe-regex:: Make the <string> not a plain string but an extended POSIX regex to match. +endif::git-format-patch[] -O<orderfile>:: Output the patch in the order specified in the <orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line. +ifndef::git-format-patch[] -R:: Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or on-disk file to tree contents. @@ -212,6 +230,7 @@ override configuration settings. not in a subdirectory (e.g. in a bare repository), you can name which subdirectory to make the output relative to by giving a <path> as an argument. +endif::git-format-patch[] -a:: --text:: @@ -236,13 +255,15 @@ override configuration settings. Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number of lines, thereby fusing hunks that are close to each other. +ifndef::git-format-patch[] --exit-code:: Make the program exit with codes similar to diff(1). That is, it exits with 1 if there were differences and 0 means no differences. --quiet:: - Disable all output of the program. Implies --exit-code. + Disable all output of the program. Implies `--exit-code`. +endif::git-format-patch[] --ext-diff:: Allow an external diff helper to be executed. If you set an |