summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation/diff-options.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/diff-options.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt32
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index f523ec2fbe..47ba9a403a 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -4,18 +4,21 @@
-u::
Synonym for "-p".
+--raw::
+ Generate the raw format.
+
--patch-with-raw::
- Generate patch but keep also the default raw diff output.
+ Synonym for "-p --raw".
--stat::
- Generate a diffstat instead of a patch.
+ Generate a diffstat.
--summary::
Output a condensed summary of extended header information
such as creations, renames and mode changes.
--patch-with-stat::
- Generate patch and prepend its diffstat.
+ Synonym for "-p --stat".
-z::
\0 line termination on output
@@ -26,10 +29,25 @@
--name-status::
Show only names and status of changed files.
+--color::
+ Show colored diff.
+
+--no-color::
+ Turn off colored diff, even when the configuration file
+ gives the default to color output.
+
+--no-renames::
+ Turn off rename detection, even when the configuration
+ file gives the default to do so.
+
--full-index::
Instead of the first handful characters, show full
object name of pre- and post-image blob on the "index"
- line when generating a patch format output.
+ line when generating a patch format output.
+
+--binary::
+ In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that
+ can be applied with "git apply".
--abbrev[=<n>]::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
@@ -94,5 +112,11 @@
Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
on-disk file to tree contents.
+--text::
+ Treat all files as text.
+
+-a::
+ Shorthand for "--text".
+
For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also
link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation].