diff.renameLimit::
The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
- detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
+ detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option `-l`.
diff.renames::
Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false",
diff.submodule::
Specify the format in which differences in submodules are
- shown. The "log" format lists the commits in the range like
- linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary` does. The "short" format
- format just shows the names of the commits at the beginning
- and end of the range. Defaults to short.
+ shown. The "short" format just shows the names of the commits
+ at the beginning and end of the range. The "log" format lists
+ the commits in the range like linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary`
+ does. The "diff" format shows an inline diff of the changed
+ contents of the submodule. Defaults to "short".
diff.wordRegex::
A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
include::mergetools-diff.txt[]
+diff.indentHeuristic::
diff.compactionHeuristic::
- Set this option to `true` to enable an experimental heuristic that
- shifts the hunk boundary in an attempt to make the resulting
- patch easier to read.
+ Set one of these options to `true` to enable one of two
+ experimental heuristics that shift diff hunk boundaries to
+ make patches easier to read.
diff.algorithm::
Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows: