number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
lines.
+--dirstat[=limit]::
+ Output only the sub-directories that are impacted by a diff,
+ and to what degree they are impacted. You can override the
+ default cut-off in percent (3) by "--dirstat=limit". If you
+ want to enable "cumulative" directory statistics, you can use
+ the "--cumulative" flag, which adds up percentages recursively
+ even when they have been already reported for a sub-directory.
+
--summary::
Output a condensed summary of extended header information
such as creations, renames and mode changes.
Show only names of changed files.
--name-status::
- Show only names and status of changed files.
+ Show only names and status of changed files. See the description
+ of the `--diff-filter` option on what the status letters mean.
--color::
Show colored diff.
--no-ext-diff::
Disallow external diff drivers.
+--ignore-submodules::
+ Ignore changes to submodules in the diff generation.
+
--src-prefix=<prefix>::
Show the given source prefix instead of "a/".
Do not show any source or destination prefix.
For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also
-link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation].
+linkgit:gitdiffcore[7][diffcore documentation].