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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-11-23 13:28:53 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-11-23 13:28:53 -0800
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Merge branch 'maint' into tj/imap-send-remove-unusedtj/maint-imap-send-remove-unused
* maint: (18123 commits) documentation fix: git difftool uses diff tools, not merge tools. Git 1.7.7.4 Makefile: add missing header file dependencies notes merge: eliminate OUTPUT macro mailmap: xcalloc mailmap_info name-rev --all: do not even attempt to describe non-commit object Git 1.7.7.3 docs: Update install-doc-quick docs: don't mention --quiet or --exit-code in git-log(1) Git 1.7.7.2 t7511: avoid use of reserved filename on Windows. clone: Quote user supplied path in a single quote pair read-cache.c: fix index memory allocation make the sample pre-commit hook script reject names with newlines, too Reindent closing bracket using tab instead of spaces Git 1.7.7.1 RelNotes/1.7.7.1: setgid bit patch is about fixing "git init" via Makefile setting gitweb: fix regression when filtering out forks Almost ready for 1.7.7.1 pack-objects: don't traverse objects unnecessarily ... Conflicts: imap-send.c
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@@ -8,51 +8,45 @@ git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the index
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-diff-files' [-q] [-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]
+[verse]
+'git diff-files' [-q] [-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Compares the files in the working tree and the index. When paths
are specified, compares only those named paths. Otherwise all
entries in the index are compared. The output format is the
-same as "git-diff-index" and "git-diff-tree".
+same as for 'git diff-index' and 'git diff-tree'.
OPTIONS
-------
include::diff-options.txt[]
--1 -2 -3 or --base --ours --theirs, and -0::
+-1 --base::
+-2 --ours::
+-3 --theirs::
+-0::
Diff against the "base" version, "our branch" or "their
branch" respectively. With these options, diffs for
merged entries are not shown.
+
-The default is to diff against our branch (-2) and the
+The default is to diff against our branch (-2) and the
cleanly resolved paths. The option -0 can be given to
omit diff output for unmerged entries and just show "Unmerged".
--c,--cc::
+-c::
+--cc::
This compares stage 2 (our branch), stage 3 (their
branch) and the working tree file and outputs a combined
diff, similar to the way 'diff-tree' shows a merge
commit with these flags.
-q::
- Remain silent even on nonexisting files
+ Remain silent even on nonexistent files
-Output format
--------------
-include::diff-format.txt[]
-
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+include::diff-format.txt[]
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite