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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index b5d9763594..da1cc60e97 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -10,8 +10,23 @@ --patch-with-raw:: Synonym for "-p --raw". ---stat:: - Generate a diffstat. +--stat[=width[,name-width]]:: + Generate a diffstat. You can override the default + output width for 80-column terminal by "--stat=width". + The width of the filename part can be controlled by + giving another width to it separated by a comma. + +--numstat:: + Similar to \--stat, but shows number of added and + deleted lines in decimal notation and pathname without + abbreviation, to make it more machine friendly. For + binary files, outputs two `-` instead of saying + `0 0`. + +--shortstat:: + Output only the last line of the --stat format containing total + number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted + lines. --summary:: Output a condensed summary of extended header information @@ -121,5 +136,21 @@ -a:: Shorthand for "--text". +--ignore-space-change:: + Ignore changes in amount of white space. This ignores white + space at line end, and consider all other sequences of one or + more white space characters to be equivalent. + +-b:: + Shorthand for "--ignore-space-change". + +--ignore-all-space:: + Ignore white space when comparing lines. This ignores + difference even if one line has white space where the other + line has none. + +-w:: + Shorthand for "--ignore-all-space". + For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation]. |