--patience::
Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm.
---stat[=<width>[,<name-width>]]::
+--stat[=<width>[,<name-width>[,<count>]]]::
Generate a diffstat. You can override the default
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.
+ By giving a third parameter `<count>`, you can limit the
+ output to the first `<count>` lines, followed by
+ `...` if there are more.
++
+These parameters can also be set individually with `--stat-width=<width>`,
+`--stat-name-width=<name-width>` and `--stat-count=<count>`.
--numstat::
Similar to `\--stat`, but shows number of added and
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.
This is the default behavior when no parameter is given.
+`lines`;;
+ Compute the dirstat numbers by doing the regular line-based diff
+ analysis, and summing the removed/added line counts. (For binary
+ files, count 64-byte chunks instead, since binary files have no
+ natural concept of lines). This is a more expensive `--dirstat`
+ behavior than the `changes` behavior, but it does count rearranged
+ lines within a file as much as other changes. The resulting output
+ is consistent with what you get from the other `--*stat` options.
`files`;;
Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the number of files changed.
Each changed file counts equally in the dirstat analysis. This is
--color[=<when>]::
Show colored diff.
- The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
+ The value must be `always` (the default for `<when>`), `never`, or `auto`.
+ The default value is `never`.
+ifdef::git-diff[]
+ It can be changed by the `color.ui` and `color.diff`
+ configuration settings.
+endif::git-diff[]
--no-color::
- Turn off colored diff, even when the configuration file
- gives the default to color output.
- Same as `--color=never`.
+ Turn off colored diff.
+ifdef::git-diff[]
+ This can be used to override configuration settings.
+endif::git-diff[]
+ It is the same as `--color=never`.
--word-diff[=<mode>]::
Show a word diff, using the <mode> to delimit changed words.
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--check::
- Warn if changes introduce trailing whitespace
- or an indent that uses a space before a tab. Exits with
- non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible with
- --exit-code.
+ Warn if changes introduce whitespace errors. What are
+ considered whitespace errors is controlled by `core.whitespace`
+ configuration. By default, trailing whitespaces (including
+ lines that solely consist of whitespaces) and a space character
+ that is immediately followed by a tab character inside the
+ initial indent of the line are considered whitespace errors.
+ Exits with non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible
+ with --exit-code.
endif::git-format-patch[]
--full-index::
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
--no-ext-diff::
Disallow external diff drivers.
+--textconv::
+--no-textconv::
+ Allow (or disallow) external text conversion filters to be run
+ when comparing binary files. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
+ details. Because textconv filters are typically a one-way
+ conversion, the resulting diff is suitable for human
+ consumption, but cannot be applied. For this reason, textconv
+ filters are enabled by default only for linkgit:git-diff[1] and
+ linkgit:git-log[1], but not for linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or
+ diff plumbing commands.
+
--ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
Ignore changes to submodules in the diff generation. <when> can be
either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default