number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
lines.
+--dirstat[=limit]::
+ Output only the sub-directories that are impacted by a diff,
+ and to what degree they are impacted. You can override the
+ default cut-off in percent (3) by "--dirstat=limit". If you
+ want to enable "cumulative" directory statistics, you can use
+ the "--cumulative" flag, which adds up percentages recursively
+ even when they have been already reported for a sub-directory.
+
--summary::
Output a condensed summary of extended header information
such as creations, renames and mode changes.
Show only names of changed files.
--name-status::
- Show only names and status of changed files.
+ Show only names and status of changed files. See the description
+ of the `--diff-filter` option on what the status letters mean.
--color::
Show colored diff.
Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
on-disk file to tree contents.
+--relative[=<path>]::
+ When run from a subdirectory of the project, it can be
+ told to exclude changes outside the directory and show
+ pathnames relative to it with this option. When you are
+ not in a subdirectory (e.g. in a bare repository), you
+ can name which subdirectory to make the output relative
+ to by giving a <path> as an argument.
+
--text::
Treat all files as text.