Merge branch 'sn/doc-update-index-assume-unchanged' into maint-1.7.3

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index 08fd4099addac3959e5aedbd1a0668367f07bb21..dd1fb32786f6f467a1c46f2643fbc54d0390f2ec 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ tree and the index file, or the index file and the working tree.
        further add to the index but you still haven't.  You can
        stage these changes by using linkgit:git-add[1].
 +
-If exactly two paths are given, and at least one is untracked,
-compare the two files / directories. This behavior can be
-forced by --no-index.
+If exactly two paths are given and at least one points outside
+the current repository, 'git diff' will compare the two files /
+directories. This behavior can be forced by --no-index.
 
 'git diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]::
 
@@ -64,15 +64,16 @@ forced by --no-index.
 
 Just in case if you are doing something exotic, it should be
 noted that all of the <commit> in the above description, except
-for the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any
-<tree-ish>.
+in the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any
+<tree>.  The third form ('git diff <commit> <commit>') can also
+be used to compare two <blob> objects.
 
 For a more complete list of ways to spell <commit>, see
-"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
 However, "diff" is about comparing two _endpoints_, not ranges,
 and the range notations ("<commit>..<commit>" and
 "<commit>\...<commit>") do not mean a range as defined in the
-"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
 
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@@ -159,8 +160,12 @@ rewrites (very expensive).
 
 SEE ALSO
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-linkgit:git-difftool[1]::
-       Show changes using common diff tools
+diff(1),
+linkgit:git-difftool[1],
+linkgit:git-log[1],
+linkgit:gitdiffcore[7],
+linkgit:git-format-patch[1],
+linkgit:git-apply[1]
 
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