Prevent "git-commit -a path1 path2..."

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index b28496e5c8290aa2b9b3e254f332d2b167a55ac6..6b496ede2550cf573a3a7ce37db908e6b3ab631e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
 -u::
        Synonym for "-p".
 
--r::
-       Look recursively in subdirectories; this flag does not
-       mean anything to commands other than "git-diff-tree";
-       other diff commands always look at all the subdirectories.
-
 -z::
        \0 line termination on output
 
 --name-only::
        Show only names of changed files.
 
---name-only-z::
-       Same as --name-only, but terminate lines with NUL.
+--name-status::
+       Show only names and status of changed files.
+
+--full-index::
+       Instead of the first handful characters, show full
+       object name of pre- and post-image blob on the "index"
+       line when generating a patch format output.     
 
 -B::
        Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
@@ -28,19 +28,26 @@
        Detect copies as well as renames.
 
 --find-copies-harder::
-       By default, -C option finds copies only if the original
-       file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for
-       performance reasons.  This flag makes the command
+       For performance reasons, by default, -C option finds copies only 
+       if the original file of the copy was modified in the same 
+       changeset.  This flag makes the command
        inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
        copy.  This is a very expensive operation for large
        projects, so use it with caution.
 
+-l<num>::
+       -M and -C options require O(n^2) processing time where n
+       is the number of potential rename/copy targets.  This
+       option prevents rename/copy detection from running if
+       the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified
+       number.
+
 -S<string>::
-       Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.
+       Look for differences that contain the change in <string>.
 
 --pickaxe-all::
        When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
-       changeset, not just the files that contains the change
+       changeset, not just the files that contain the change
        in <string>.
 
 -O<orderfile>::
@@ -48,6 +55,8 @@
        <orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
 
 -R::
-       Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from cache or
+       Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
        on-disk file to tree contents.
 
+For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also
+link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation].