X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-show.txt;h=34c5caf2d08324cc1595013cbdcd40d89d7a1968;hb=d6b3e3a33f71910526ccf80af6c13a230363cd89;hp=9051951c34c41cf339df1f54319addf62318f5d6;hpb=9299c4f147bcff603eef187eb04fe38153571d30;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt
index 9051951c3..34c5caf2d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ with \--name-only).
 
 For plain blobs, it shows the plain contents.
 
+The command takes options applicable to the gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] command to
+control how the changes the commit introduces are shown.
+
 This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
 
 
@@ -35,6 +38,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
 	"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
 
+include::pretty-options.txt[]
+
+
 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
 
 
@@ -45,15 +51,15 @@ git show v1.0.0::
 	Shows the tag `v1.0.0`, along with the object the tags
 	points at.
 
-git show v1.0.0^{tree}::
+git show v1.0.0^\{tree\}::
 	Shows the tree pointed to by the tag `v1.0.0`.
 
-git show next~10:Documentation/README
+git show next~10:Documentation/README::
 	Shows the contents of the file `Documentation/README` as
 	they were current in the 10th last commit of the branch
 	`next`.
 
-git show master:Makefile master:t/Makefile
+git show master:Makefile master:t/Makefile::
 	Concatenates the contents of said Makefiles in the head
 	of the branch `master`.