For commits it shows the log message and textual diff. It also
presents the merge commit in a special format as produced by
-`git-diff-tree --cc`.
+'git-diff-tree --cc'.
For tags, it shows the tag message and the referenced objects.
-For trees, it shows the names (equivalent to `git-ls-tree`
+For trees, it shows the names (equivalent to 'git-ls-tree'
with \--name-only).
For plain blobs, it shows the plain contents.
-The command takes options applicable to the `git-diff-tree` command to
+The command takes options applicable to the 'git-diff-tree' command to
control how the changes the commit introduces are shown.
This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
OPTIONS
-------
-<object>::
- The name of the object to show.
+<object>...::
+ The names of objects to show.
For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>. Significantly enhanced by
+Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>. Significantly enhanced by
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>.