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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-08-18 20:08:09 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-08-30 20:53:24 -0700 |
| commit | a5a818ee4877e4458e8e6741a03ac3b19941d58a (patch) | |
| tree | 5aaac05e0e8951fbafef1cef8eb4230a9bfe563c /Documentation | |
| parent | 53d1589ff6bd336e3ece39e0a963a3d2a537cf96 (diff) | |
| download | git-a5a818ee4877e4458e8e6741a03ac3b19941d58a.tar.gz | |
diff: vary default prefix depending on what are compared
With a new configuration "diff.mnemonicprefix", "git diff" shows the
differences between various combinations of preimage and postimage trees
with prefixes different from the standard "a/" and "b/". Hopefully this
will make the distinction stand out for some people.
"git diff" compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
"git diff HEAD" compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree;
"git diff --cached" compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex;
"git-diff HEAD:file1 file2" compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity;
"git diff --no-index a b" compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
Because these mnemonics now have meanings, they are swapped when reverse
diff is in effect and this feature is enabled.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 81f981509a..74af36de5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -581,6 +581,22 @@ diff.external:: you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead. +diff.mnemonicprefix:: + If set, 'git-diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the + standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When + this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps + the order of the prefixes: +'git-diff';; + compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree; +'git-diff HEAD';; + compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree; +'git diff --cached';; + compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex; +'git-diff HEAD:file1 file2';; + compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity; +'git diff --no-index a b';; + compares two non-git things (1) and (2). + diff.renameLimit:: The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename detection; equivalent to the 'git-diff' option '-l'. |