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author | Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> | 2008-06-30 01:09:04 -0500 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-07-01 17:20:15 -0700 |
commit | b1889c36d85514e5e70462294c561a02c2edfe2b (patch) | |
tree | 9a171d7e3fb8063c239a2c9c4dcec744a202de07 /Documentation/git-diff.txt | |
parent | 46e56e81b3bc91af7071809fbda8dcdec22c4cb1 (diff) | |
download | git-b1889c36d85514e5e70462294c561a02c2edfe2b.tar.gz |
Documentation: be consistent about "git-" versus "git "
Since the git-* commands are not installed in $(bindir), using
"git-command <parameters>" in examples in the documentation is
not a good idea. On the other hand, it is nice to be able to
refer to each command using one hyphenated word. (There is no
escaping it, anyway: man page names cannot have spaces in them.)
This patch retains the dash in naming an operation, command,
program, process, or action. Complete command lines that can
be entered at a shell (i.e., without options omitted) are
made to use the dashless form.
The changes consist only of replacing some spaces with hyphens
and vice versa. After a "s/ /-/g", the unpatched and patched
versions are identical.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-diff.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-diff.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 7acd428964..c53eba557d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-diff' [<common diff options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] +'git diff' [<common diff options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- Show changes between two trees, a tree and the working tree, a tree and the index file, or the index file and the working tree. -'git-diff' [--options] [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you made relative to the index (staging area for the next commit). In other @@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ If exactly two paths are given, and at least one is untracked, compare the two files / directories. This behavior can be forced by --no-index. -'git-diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you staged for the next 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. -'git-diff' [--options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you have in your working tree relative to the named <commit>. You can @@ -42,23 +42,23 @@ forced by --no-index. branch name to compare with the tip of a different branch. -'git-diff' [--options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This is to view the changes between two arbitrary <commit>. -'git-diff' [--options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This is synonymous to the previous form. If <commit> on one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as using HEAD instead. -'git-diff' [--options] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes on the branch containing and up to the second <commit>, starting at a common ancestor - of both <commit>. "git-diff A\...B" is equivalent to - "git-diff $(git-merge-base A B) B". You can omit any one + of both <commit>. "git diff A\...B" is equivalent to + "git diff $(git-merge-base A B) B". You can omit any one of <commit>, which has the same effect as using HEAD instead. Just in case if you are doing something exotic, it should be |