--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.
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::
If `n` is specified, it has the same meaning as for `-M<n>`.
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
---diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]::
+--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 may be used.
+ 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