git submodule add: make the <path> parameter optional

[git.git] / Documentation / diff-format.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index aafd3a394126e4718b593eb5727412e16d2334e4..b71712473ed13020bca3f133ea4a28c5081b7f9e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-The output format from "git-diff-index", "git-diff-tree",
+Raw output format
+-----------------
+
+The raw output format from "git-diff-index", "git-diff-tree",

 "git-diff-files" and "git diff --raw" are very similar.
 
 These commands all compare two sets of things; what is
 "git-diff-files" and "git diff --raw" are very similar.
 
 These commands all compare two sets of things; what is


@@ -16,6 +19,9 @@ git-diff-tree [-r] <tree-ish-1> <tree-ish-2> [<pattern>...]::
 git-diff-files [<pattern>...]::
         compares the index and the files on the filesystem.
 
 git-diff-files [<pattern>...]::
         compares the index and the files on the filesystem.
 

+The "git-diff-tree" command begins its ouput by printing the hash of
+what is being compared. After that, all the commands print one output
+line per changed file.

 
 An output line is formatted this way:
 
 
 An output line is formatted this way:
 


@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ Possible status letters are:
 be committed)
 - X: "unknown" change type (most probably a bug, please report it)
 
 be committed)
 - X: "unknown" change type (most probably a bug, please report it)
 

-Status letters C and M are always followed by a score (denoting the
+Status letters C and R are always followed by a score (denoting the

 percentage of similarity between the source and target of the move or
 copy), and are the only ones to be so.
 
 percentage of similarity between the source and target of the move or
 copy), and are the only ones to be so.