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   1git-diff-stages(1)
   2==================
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-diff-stages - Compares two merge stages in the index
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  10--------
  11'git-diff-stages' [<common diff options>] <stage1> <stage2> [<path>...]
  12
  13DESCRIPTION
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  15DEPRECATED and will be removed in 1.5.1.
  16
  17Compares the content and mode of the blobs in two stages in an
  18unmerged index file.
  19
  20OPTIONS
  21-------
  22include::diff-options.txt[]
  23
  24<stage1>,<stage2>::
  25        The stage number to be compared.
  26
  27Output format
  28-------------
  29include::diff-format.txt[]
  30
  31
  32Author
  33------
  34Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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  36Documentation
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  38Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
  39
  40GIT
  41---
  42Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite