1 -p::
2 Generate patch (see section on generating patches)
4 -u::
5 Synonym for "-p".
7 --raw::
8 Generate the raw format.
10 --patch-with-raw::
11 Synonym for "-p --raw".
13 --stat[=width[,name-width]]::
14 Generate a diffstat. You can override the default
15 output width for 80-column terminal by "--stat=width".
16 The width of the filename part can be controlled by
17 giving another width to it separated by a comma.
19 --numstat::
20 Similar to \--stat, but shows number of added and
21 deleted lines in decimal notation and pathname without
22 abbreviation, to make it more machine friendly. For
23 binary files, outputs two `-` instead of saying
24 `0 0`.
26 --shortstat::
27 Output only the last line of the --stat format containing total
28 number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
29 lines.
31 --summary::
32 Output a condensed summary of extended header information
33 such as creations, renames and mode changes.
35 --patch-with-stat::
36 Synonym for "-p --stat".
38 -z::
39 \0 line termination on output
41 --name-only::
42 Show only names of changed files.
44 --name-status::
45 Show only names and status of changed files.
47 --color::
48 Show colored diff.
50 --no-color::
51 Turn off colored diff, even when the configuration file
52 gives the default to color output.
54 --color-words::
55 Show colored word diff, i.e. color words which have changed.
57 --no-renames::
58 Turn off rename detection, even when the configuration
59 file gives the default to do so.
61 --check::
62 Warn if changes introduce trailing whitespace
63 or an indent that uses a space before a tab.
65 --full-index::
66 Instead of the first handful characters, show full
67 object name of pre- and post-image blob on the "index"
68 line when generating a patch format output.
70 --binary::
71 In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that
72 can be applied with "git apply".
74 --abbrev[=<n>]::
75 Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
76 name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
77 lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix. This is
78 independent of --full-index option above, which controls
79 the diff-patch output format. Non default number of
80 digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
82 -B::
83 Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
85 -M::
86 Detect renames.
88 -C::
89 Detect copies as well as renames.
91 --diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]::
92 Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`),
93 Deleted (`D`), Modified (`M`), Renamed (`R`), have their
94 type (mode) changed (`T`), are Unmerged (`U`), are
95 Unknown (`X`), or have had their pairing Broken (`B`).
96 Any combination of the filter characters may be used.
97 When `*` (All-or-none) is added to the combination, all
98 paths are selected if there is any file that matches
99 other criteria in the comparison; if there is no file
100 that matches other criteria, nothing is selected.
102 --find-copies-harder::
103 For performance reasons, by default, -C option finds copies only
104 if the original file of the copy was modified in the same
105 changeset. This flag makes the command
106 inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
107 copy. This is a very expensive operation for large
108 projects, so use it with caution.
110 -l<num>::
111 -M and -C options require O(n^2) processing time where n
112 is the number of potential rename/copy targets. This
113 option prevents rename/copy detection from running if
114 the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified
115 number.
117 -S<string>::
118 Look for differences that contain the change in <string>.
120 --pickaxe-all::
121 When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
122 changeset, not just the files that contain the change
123 in <string>.
125 --pickaxe-regex::
126 Make the <string> not a plain string but an extended POSIX
127 regex to match.
129 -O<orderfile>::
130 Output the patch in the order specified in the
131 <orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
133 -R::
134 Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
135 on-disk file to tree contents.
137 --text::
138 Treat all files as text.
140 -a::
141 Shorthand for "--text".
143 --ignore-space-at-eol::
144 Ignore changes in white spaces at EOL.
146 --ignore-space-change::
147 Ignore changes in amount of white space. This ignores white
148 space at line end, and consider all other sequences of one or
149 more white space characters to be equivalent.
151 -b::
152 Shorthand for "--ignore-space-change".
154 --ignore-all-space::
155 Ignore white space when comparing lines. This ignores
156 difference even if one line has white space where the other
157 line has none.
159 -w::
160 Shorthand for "--ignore-all-space".
162 --exit-code::
163 Make the program exit with codes similar to diff(1).
164 That is, it exits with 1 if there were differences and
165 0 means no differences.
167 --quiet::
168 Disable all output of the program. Implies --exit-code.
170 For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also
171 link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation].