lines.
--dirstat[=limit]::
- Output only the sub-directories that are impacted by a diff,
- and to what degree they are impacted. You can override the
- default cut-off in percent (3) by "--dirstat=limit". If you
- want to enable "cumulative" directory statistics, you can use
- the "--cumulative" flag, which adds up percentages recursively
- even when they have been already reported for a sub-directory.
+ 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
+ counted for the parent directory, unless "--cumulative" is used.
+
+--dirstat-by-file[=limit]::
+ Same as --dirstat, but counts changed files instead of lines.
--summary::
Output a condensed summary of extended header information
--exit-code.
--full-index::
- Instead of the first handful characters, show full
- object name of pre- and post-image blob on the "index"
- line when generating a patch format output.
+ Instead of the first handful of characters, show the full
+ pre- and post-image blob object names on the "index"
+ line when generating patch format output.
--binary::
In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that
--no-ext-diff::
Disallow external diff drivers.
+--ignore-submodules::
+ Ignore changes to submodules in the diff generation.
+
--src-prefix=<prefix>::
Show the given source prefix instead of "a/".
Do not show any source or destination prefix.
For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also
-link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation].
+linkgit:gitdiffcore[7].