Merge branch 'maint'

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 1edb82e8e1c0dd9ebb4f246bd4d7f1f68477ea02..e26b84706f8f29de26036ceec691e8cd6aac4661 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 --patch-with-raw::
        Synonym for "-p --raw".
 
+--patience::
+       Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm.
+
 --stat[=width[,name-width]]::
        Generate a diffstat.  You can override the default
        output width for 80-column terminal by "--stat=width".
@@ -84,6 +87,13 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
        Show only names and status of changed files. See the description
        of the `--diff-filter` option on what the status letters mean.
 
+--submodule[=<format>]::
+       Chose the output format for submodule differences. <format> can be one of
+       'short' and 'log'. 'short' just shows pairs of commit names, this format
+       is used when this option is not given. 'log' is the default value for this
+       option and lists the commits in that commit range like the 'summary'
+       option of linkgit:git-submodule[1] does.
+
 --color::
        Show colored diff.
 
@@ -103,9 +113,10 @@ expression to make sure that it matches all non-whitespace characters.
 A match that contains a newline is silently truncated(!) at the
 newline.
 +
-The regex can also be set via a diff driver, see
-linkgit:gitattributes[1]; giving it explicitly overrides any diff
-driver setting.
+The regex can also be set via a diff driver or configuration option, see
+linkgit:gitattributes[1] or linkgit:git-config[1].  Giving it explicitly
+overrides any diff driver or configuration setting.  Diff drivers
+override configuration settings.
 
 --no-renames::
        Turn off rename detection, even when the configuration
@@ -172,7 +183,10 @@ driver setting.
        number.
 
 -S<string>::
-       Look for differences that contain the change in <string>.
+       Look for differences that introduce or remove an instance of
+       <string>. Note that this is different than the string simply
+       appearing in diff output; see the 'pickaxe' entry in
+       linkgit:gitdiffcore[7] for more details.
 
 --pickaxe-all::
        When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that