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 are not
counted for the parent directory, unless `--cumulative` is used.
++
+Note that the `--dirstat` option computes the changes while ignoring
+the amount of pure code movements within a file. In other words,
+rearranging lines in a file is not counted as much as other changes.
--dirstat-by-file[=<limit>]::
Same as `--dirstat`, but counts changed files instead of lines.
For following files across renames while traversing history, see
`--follow`.
endif::git-log[]
- If `n` is specified, it is a is a threshold on the similarity
+ If `n` is specified, it is a threshold on the similarity
index (i.e. amount of addition/deletions compared to the
file's size). For example, `-M90%` means git should consider a
delete/add pair to be a rename if more than 90% of the file