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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index b1f528ae88..8d35cbd60d 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -1,5 +1,27 @@ +// Please don't remove this comment as asciidoc behaves badly when +// the first non-empty line is ifdef/ifndef. The symptom is that +// without this comment the <git-diff-core> attribute conditionally +// defined below ends up being defined unconditionally. +// Last checked with asciidoc 7.0.2. + +ifndef::git-format-patch[] +ifndef::git-diff[] +ifndef::git-log[] +:git-diff-core: 1 +endif::git-log[] +endif::git-diff[] +endif::git-format-patch[] + +ifdef::git-format-patch[] -p:: - Generate patch (see section on generating patches) + Generate patches without diffstat. +endif::git-format-patch[] + +ifndef::git-format-patch[] +-p:: + Generate patch (see section on generating patches). + {git-diff? This is the default.} +endif::git-format-patch[] -u:: Synonym for "-p". @@ -13,6 +35,7 @@ --raw:: Generate the raw format. + {git-diff-core? This is the default.} --patch-with-raw:: Synonym for "-p --raw". @@ -41,6 +64,7 @@ --patch-with-stat:: Synonym for "-p --stat". + {git-format-patch? This is the default.} -z:: NUL-line termination on output. This affects the --raw @@ -69,7 +93,9 @@ --check:: Warn if changes introduce trailing whitespace - or an indent that uses a space before a tab. + or an indent that uses a space before a tab. Exits with + non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible with + --exit-code. --full-index:: Instead of the first handful characters, show full @@ -151,19 +177,19 @@ Shorthand for "--text". --ignore-space-at-eol:: - Ignore changes in white spaces at EOL. + Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL. --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. + Ignore changes in amount of whitespace. This ignores whitespace + at line end, and considers all other sequences of one or + more whitespace 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 + Ignore whitespace when comparing lines. This ignores + differences even if one line has whitespace where the other line has none. -w:: @@ -179,11 +205,20 @@ --ext-diff:: Allow an external diff helper to be executed. If you set an - external diff driver with gitlink:gitattributes[5], you need - to use this option with gitlink:git-log[1] and friends. + external diff driver with linkgit:gitattributes[5], you need + to use this option with linkgit:git-log[1] and friends. --no-ext-diff:: Disallow external diff drivers. +--src-prefix=<prefix>:: + Show the given source prefix instead of "a/". + +--dst-prefix=<prefix>:: + Show the given destination prefix instead of "b/". + +--no-prefix:: + Do not show any source or destination prefix. + For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation]. |