branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.7.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.4]
+* link:v1.7.4.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.4.1]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.4.1.txt[1.7.4.1],
link:RelNotes/1.7.4.txt[1.7.4].
* link:v1.7.3.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.3.5]
contents of <old|new>,
<old|new>-hex:: are the 40-hexdigit SHA1 hashes,
<old|new>-mode:: are the octal representation of the file modes.
-
+
The file parameters can point at the user's working file
(e.g. `new-file` in "git-diff-files"), `/dev/null` (e.g. `old-file`