-u::
Synonym for "-p".
--r::
- Look recursively in subdirectories; only used by "git-diff-tree";
- other diff commands always work recursively.
-
-z::
\0 line termination on output
--name-status::
Show only names and status of changed files.
+--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.
+
+--abbrev[=<n>]::
+ Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
+ name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
+ lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix. This is
+ independent of --full-index option above, which controls
+ the diff-patch output format. Non default number of
+ digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
+
-B::
Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
<orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
-R::
- Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from cache or
+ Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
on-disk file to tree contents.
For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also