SYNOPSIS
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-'git-diff-tree' [-p] [-r] [-z] [--stdin] [-M] [-m] [-s] [-v] <tree-ish> <tree-ish> [<pattern>]\*
+'git-diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--pretty] [-t] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> <tree-ish> [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
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OPTIONS
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+include::diff-options.txt[]
+
<tree-ish>::
The id of a tree object.
-<pattern>::
+<path>...::
If provided, the results are limited to a subset of files
matching one of these prefix strings.
ie file matches `/^<pattern1>|<pattern2>|.../`
- Note that pattern does not provide any wildcard or regexp
+ Note that this parameter does not provide any wildcard or regexp
features.
--p::
- generate patch (see section on generating patches). For
- git-diff-tree, this flag implies '-r' as well.
-
--M::
- Detect renames; implies -p, in turn implying also '-r'.
+-t::
+ show tree entry itself as well as subtrees. Implies -r.
--r::
- recurse
-
--z::
- \0 line termination on output
+--root::
+ When '--root' is specified the initial commit will be showed as a big
+ creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against the NULL tree.
--stdin::
When '--stdin' is specified, the command does not take
This flag causes "git-diff-tree --stdin" to also show
the commit message before the differences.
+--pretty[=(raw|medium|short)]::
+ This is used to control "pretty printing" format of the
+ commit message. Without "=<style>", it defaults to
+ medium.
+
Limiting Output
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