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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-11-10 09:05:31 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-11-10 09:05:31 -0800
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Merge 'build-in git-mktree'
* commit '633e3556ccbc': (5835 commits) build-in git-mktree allow -t abbreviation for --track in git branch gitweb: Remove function prototypes (cleanup) Documentation: cloning to empty directory is allowed Clarify kind of conflict in merge-one-file helper git config: clarify --add and --get-color archive-tar.c: squelch a type mismatch warning Start 1.6.4 development Start 1.6.3.1 maintenance series. GIT 1.6.3 t4029: use sh instead of bash t4200: convert sed expression which operates on non-text file to perl t4200: remove two unnecessary lines t/annotate-tests.sh: avoid passing a non-newline terminated file to sed t4118: avoid sed invocation on file without terminating newline t4118: add missing '&&' t8005: use egrep when extended regular expressions are required git-clean doc: the command only affects paths under $(cwd) improve error message in config.c t4018-diff-funcname: add cpp xfuncname pattern to syntax test ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
index d8a0a86022..c526141564 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
@@ -8,20 +8,23 @@ git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the index
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-diff-files' [-q] [-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc|--no-index] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]
+'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.
@@ -30,15 +33,13 @@ 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.
---no-index::
- Compare the two given files / directories.
-
-q::
Remain silent even on nonexistent files
@@ -57,4 +58,4 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite