-U<n>::
--unified=<n>::
Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of
- the usual three.
+ the usual three. Implies `--patch`.
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
Implies `-p`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
+--output=<file>::
+ Output to a specific file instead of stdout.
+
+--output-indicator-new=<char>::
+--output-indicator-old=<char>::
+--output-indicator-context=<char>::
+ Specify the character used to indicate new, old or context
+ lines in the generated patch. Normally they are '+', '-' and
+ ' ' respectively.
+
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--raw::
ifndef::git-log[]
endif::git-format-patch[]
--indent-heuristic::
- Enable the heuristic that shift diff hunk boundaries to make patches
+ Enable the heuristic that shifts diff hunk boundaries to make patches
easier to read. This is the default.
--no-indent-heuristic::
low-occurrence common elements".
--
+
-For instance, if you configured diff.algorithm variable to a
+For instance, if you configured the `diff.algorithm` variable to a
non-default value and want to use the default one, then you
have to use `--diff-algorithm=default` option.
These parameters can also be set individually with `--stat-width=<width>`,
`--stat-name-width=<name-width>` and `--stat-count=<count>`.
+--compact-summary::
+ Output a condensed summary of extended header information such
+ as file creations or deletions ("new" or "gone", optionally "+l"
+ if it's a symlink) and mode changes ("+x" or "-x" for adding
+ or removing executable bit respectively) in diffstat. The
+ information is put between the filename part and the graph
+ part. Implies `--stat`.
+
--numstat::
Similar to `--stat`, but shows number of added and
deleted lines in decimal notation and pathname without
number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
lines.
+-X[<param1,param2,...>]::
--dirstat[=<param1,param2,...>]::
Output the distribution of relative amount of changes for each
sub-directory. The behavior of `--dirstat` can be customized by
and accumulating child directory counts in the parent directories:
`--dirstat=files,10,cumulative`.
+--cumulative::
+ Synonym for --dirstat=cumulative
+
+--dirstat-by-file[=<param1,param2>...]::
+ Synonym for --dirstat=files,param1,param2...
+
--summary::
Output a condensed summary of extended header information
such as creations, renames and mode changes.
that are added somewhere else in the diff. This mode picks up any
moved line, but it is not very useful in a review to determine
if a block of code was moved without permutation.
-zebra::
+blocks::
Blocks of moved text of at least 20 alphanumeric characters
are detected greedily. The detected blocks are
- painted using either the 'color.diff.{old,new}Moved' color or
+ painted using either the 'color.diff.{old,new}Moved' color.
+ Adjacent blocks cannot be told apart.
+zebra::
+ Blocks of moved text are detected as in 'blocks' mode. The blocks
+ are painted using either the 'color.diff.{old,new}Moved' color or
'color.diff.{old,new}MovedAlternative'. The change between
the two colors indicates that a new block was detected.
-dimmed_zebra::
+dimmed-zebra::
Similar to 'zebra', but additional dimming of uninteresting parts
of moved code is performed. The bordering lines of two adjacent
blocks are considered interesting, the rest is uninteresting.
+ `dimmed_zebra` is a deprecated synonym.
--
+--no-color-moved::
+ Turn off move detection. This can be used to override configuration
+ settings. It is the same as `--color-moved=no`.
+
+--color-moved-ws=<modes>::
+ This configures how whitespace is ignored when performing the
+ move detection for `--color-moved`.
+ifdef::git-diff[]
+ It can be set by the `diff.colorMovedWS` configuration setting.
+endif::git-diff[]
+ These modes can be given as a comma separated list:
++
+--
+no::
+ Do not ignore whitespace when performing move detection.
+ignore-space-at-eol::
+ Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL.
+ignore-space-change::
+ Ignore changes in amount of whitespace. This ignores whitespace
+ at line end, and considers all other sequences of one or
+ more whitespace characters to be equivalent.
+ignore-all-space::
+ Ignore whitespace when comparing lines. This ignores differences
+ even if one line has whitespace where the other line has none.
+allow-indentation-change::
+ Initially ignore any whitespace in the move detection, then
+ group the moved code blocks only into a block if the change in
+ whitespace is the same per line. This is incompatible with the
+ other modes.
+--
+
+--no-color-moved-ws::
+ Do not ignore whitespace when performing move detection. This can be
+ used to override configuration settings. It is the same as
+ `--color-moved-ws=no`.
+
--word-diff[=<mode>]::
Show a word diff, using the <mode> to delimit changed words.
By default, words are delimited by whitespace; see
Turn off rename detection, even when the configuration
file gives the default to do so.
+--[no-]rename-empty::
+ Whether to use empty blobs as rename source.
+
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--check::
Warn if changes introduce conflict markers or 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
+ lines that consist solely 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
this option is not given, and the configuration variable
`diff.wsErrorHighlight` is not set, only whitespace errors in
`new` lines are highlighted. The whitespace errors are colored
- whith `color.diff.whitespace`.
+ with `color.diff.whitespace`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
--binary::
In addition to `--full-index`, output a binary diff that
- can be applied with `git-apply`.
+ can be applied with `git-apply`. Implies `--patch`.
--abbrev[=<n>]::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
came into being: use the feature iteratively to feed the interesting
block in the preimage back into `-S`, and keep going until you get the
very first version of the block.
++
+Binary files are searched as well.
-G<regex>::
Look for differences whose patch text contains added/removed
-S"regexec\(regexp" --pickaxe-regex` will not (because the number of
occurrences of that string did not change).
+
+Unless `--text` is supplied patches of binary files without a textconv
+filter will be ignored.
++
See the 'pickaxe' entry in linkgit:gitdiffcore[7] for more
information.
+--find-object=<object-id>::
+ Look for differences that change the number of occurrences of
+ the specified object. Similar to `-S`, just the argument is different
+ in that it doesn't search for a specific string but for a specific
+ object id.
++
+The object can be a blob or a submodule commit. It implies the `-t` option in
+`git-log` to also find trees.
+
--pickaxe-all::
When `-S` or `-G` finds a change, show all the changes in that
changeset, not just the files that contain the change
--pickaxe-regex::
Treat the <string> given to `-S` as an extended POSIX regular
expression to match.
+
endif::git-format-patch[]
-O<orderfile>::
--
+
Patterns have the same syntax and semantics as patterns used for
-fnmantch(3) without the FNM_PATHNAME flag, except a pathname also
+fnmatch(3) without the FNM_PATHNAME flag, except a pathname also
matches a pattern if removing any number of the final pathname
components matches the pattern. For example, the pattern "`foo*bar`"
matches "`fooasdfbar`" and "`foo/bar/baz/asdf`" but not "`foobarx`".
Treat all files as text.
--ignore-cr-at-eol::
- Ignore carrige-return at the end of line when doing a comparison.
+ Ignore carriage-return at the end of line when doing a comparison.
--ignore-space-at-eol::
Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL.