$ git diff HEAD <3>
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+
-<1> changes in the working tree not yet staged for the next commit.
-<2> changes between the index and your last commit; what you
+<1> Changes in the working tree not yet staged for the next commit.
+<2> Changes between the index and your last commit; what you
would be committing if you run "git commit" without "-a" option.
-<3> changes in the working tree since your last commit; what you
+<3> Changes in the working tree since your last commit; what you
would be committing if you run "git commit -a"
Comparing with arbitrary commits::
$ git diff HEAD^ HEAD <3>
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+
-<1> instead of using the tip of the current branch, compare with the
+<1> Instead of using the tip of the current branch, compare with the
tip of "test" branch.
-<2> instead of comparing with the tip of "test" branch, compare with
+<2> Instead of comparing with the tip of "test" branch, compare with
the tip of the current branch, but limit the comparison to the
file "test".
-<3> compare the version before the last commit and the last commit.
+<3> Compare the version before the last commit and the last commit.
Limiting the diff output::
+
------------
$ git diff --diff-filter=MRC <1>
-$ git diff --name-status -r <2>
+$ git diff --name-status <2>
$ git diff arch/i386 include/asm-i386 <3>
------------
+
-<1> show only modification, rename and copy, but not addition
+<1> Show only modification, rename and copy, but not addition
nor deletion.
-<2> show only names and the nature of change, but not actual
-diff output. --name-status disables usual patch generation
-which in turn also disables recursive behavior, so without -r
-you would only see the directory name if there is a change in a
-file in a subdirectory.
-<3> limit diff output to named subtrees.
+<2> Show only names and the nature of change, but not actual
+diff output.
+<3> Limit diff output to named subtrees.
Munging the diff output::
+
$ git diff -R <2>
------------
+
-<1> spend extra cycles to find renames, copies and complete
+<1> Spend extra cycles to find renames, copies and complete
rewrites (very expensive).
-<2> output diff in reverse.
+<2> Output diff in reverse.
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