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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-12-20 14:41:54 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-12-20 14:41:54 -0800
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diff documentation: mostly talk about <commit>
This corrects minor remaining bits that still talked about <tree-ish>; the Porcelain users (as opposed to plumbers) are mostly interested in commits so use <commit> consistently and keep a sentence that mentions that <tree-ish> can be used in place of them.
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-diff' [ --diff-options ] <tree-ish>{0,2} [--] [<path>...]
+'git-diff' [ --diff-options ] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ tree and the index file, or the index file and the working tree.
'git-diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes you staged for the next
- commit relative to the named <tree-ish>. Typically you
+ commit relative to the named <commit>. Typically you
would want comparison with the latest commit, so if you
do not give <commit>, it defaults to HEAD.