-u::
Synonym for "-p".
+--raw::
+ Generate the raw format.
+
+--patch-with-raw::
+ Synonym for "-p --raw".
+
+--stat::
+ Generate a diffstat.
+
+--summary::
+ Output a condensed summary of extended header information
+ such as creations, renames and mode changes.
+
+--patch-with-stat::
+ Synonym for "-p --stat".
+
-z::
\0 line termination on output
--name-status::
Show only names and status of changed files.
+--color::
+ Show colored diff.
+
+--no-color::
+ Turn off colored diff, even when the configuration file
+ gives the default to color output.
+
+--color-words::
+ Show colored word diff, i.e. color words which have changed.
+
+--no-renames::
+ Turn off rename detection, even when the configuration
+ file gives the default to do so.
+
--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.
+ line when generating a patch format output.
+
+--binary::
+ In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that
+ can be applied with "git apply".
--abbrev[=<n>]::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
changeset, not just the files that contain the change
in <string>.
+--pickaxe-regex::
+ Make the <string> not a plain string but an extended POSIX
+ regex to match.
+
-O<orderfile>::
Output the patch in the order specified in the
<orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
on-disk file to tree contents.
+--text::
+ Treat all files as text.
+
+-a::
+ Shorthand for "--text".
+
For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also
link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation].