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

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index eecedaab6e172f227f2451f4b3d35c9e6e99bf1e..c93124be79809e36d9a29fd69ce77cd7f22413e1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 --patience::
        Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm.
 
---stat[=width[,name-width]]::
+--stat[=<width>[,<name-width>]]::
        Generate a diffstat.  You can override the default
-       output width for 80-column terminal by `--stat=width`.
+       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.
 
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
        number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
        lines.
 
---dirstat[=limit]::
+--dirstat[=<limit>]::
        Output the distribution of relative amount of changes (number of lines added or
        removed) for each sub-directory. Directories with changes below
        a cut-off percent (3% by default) are not shown. The cut-off percent
-       can be set with `--dirstat=limit`. Changes in a child directory is not
+       can be set with `--dirstat=<limit>`. Changes in a child directory are not
        counted for the parent directory, unless `--cumulative` is used.
 
---dirstat-by-file[=limit]::
+--dirstat-by-file[=<limit>]::
        Same as `--dirstat`, but counts changed files instead of lines.
 
 --summary::
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
        digits can be specified with `--abbrev=<n>`.
 
 -B[<n>][/<m>]::
+--break-rewrites[=[<n>][/<m>]]::
        Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and
        create. This serves two purposes:
 +
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ eligible for being picked up as a possible source of a rename to
 another file.
 
 -M[<n>]::
+--find-renames[=<n>]::
 ifndef::git-log[]
        Detect renames.
 endif::git-log[]
@@ -244,23 +246,10 @@ endif::git-log[]
        hasn't changed.
 
 -C[<n>]::
+--find-copies[=<n>]::
        Detect copies as well as renames.  See also `--find-copies-harder`.
        If `n` is specified, it has the same meaning as for `-M<n>`.
 
-ifndef::git-format-patch[]
---diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]::
-       Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`),
-       Deleted (`D`), Modified (`M`), Renamed (`R`), have their
-       type (i.e. regular file, symlink, submodule, ...) changed (`T`),
-       are Unmerged (`U`), are
-       Unknown (`X`), or have had their pairing Broken (`B`).
-       Any combination of the filter characters may be used.
-       When `*` (All-or-none) is added to the combination, all
-       paths are selected if there is any file that matches
-       other criteria in the comparison; if there is no file
-       that matches other criteria, nothing is selected.
-endif::git-format-patch[]
-
 --find-copies-harder::
        For performance reasons, by default, `-C` option finds copies only
        if the original file of the copy was modified in the same
@@ -278,14 +267,30 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
        number.
 
 ifndef::git-format-patch[]
+--diff-filter=[(A|C|D|M|R|T|U|X|B)...[*]]::
+       Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`),
+       Deleted (`D`), Modified (`M`), Renamed (`R`), have their
+       type (i.e. regular file, symlink, submodule, ...) changed (`T`),
+       are Unmerged (`U`), are
+       Unknown (`X`), or have had their pairing Broken (`B`).
+       Any combination of the filter characters (including none) can be used.
+       When `*` (All-or-none) is added to the combination, all
+       paths are selected if there is any file that matches
+       other criteria in the comparison; if there is no file
+       that matches other criteria, nothing is selected.
+
 -S<string>::
        Look for differences that introduce or remove an instance of
        <string>. Note that this is different than the string simply
        appearing in diff output; see the 'pickaxe' entry in
        linkgit:gitdiffcore[7] for more details.
 
+-G<regex>::
+       Look for differences whose added or removed line matches
+       the given <regex>.
+
 --pickaxe-all::
-       When `-S` finds a change, show all the changes in that
+       When `-S` or `-G` finds a change, show all the changes in that
        changeset, not just the files that contain the change
        in <string>.
 
@@ -355,7 +360,11 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 --ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
        Ignore changes to submodules in the diff generation. <when> can be
-       either "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default. When
+       either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default
+       Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
+       untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
+       in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
+       'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When
        "untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
        contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
        content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,