number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
lines.
+--dirstat[=limit]::
+ Output the distribution of relative amount of changes (number of lines added or
+ removed) for each sub-directory. Directories with changes below
+ a cut-off percent (3% by default) are not shown. The cut-off percent
+ can be set with "--dirstat=limit". Changes in a child directory is not
+ counted for the parent directory, unless "--cumulative" is used.
+
+--dirstat-by-file[=limit]::
+ Same as --dirstat, but counts changed files instead of lines.
+
--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.
--check::
Warn if changes introduce trailing whitespace
- or an indent that uses a space before a tab.
+ or an indent that uses a space before a tab. Exits with
+ non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible with
+ --exit-code.
--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.
+ Instead of the first handful of characters, show the full
+ pre- and post-image blob object names on the "index"
+ line when generating patch format output.
--binary::
In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that
--diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]::
Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`),
Deleted (`D`), Modified (`M`), Renamed (`R`), have their
- type (mode) changed (`T`), are Unmerged (`U`), are
+ type (i.e. regular file, symlink, submodule, ...) changed (`T`),
+ are Unmerged (`U`), are
Unknown (`X`), or have had their pairing Broken (`B`).
Any combination of the filter characters may be used.
When `*` (All-or-none) is added to the combination, all
Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
on-disk file to tree contents.
+--relative[=<path>]::
+ When run from a subdirectory of the project, it can be
+ told to exclude changes outside the directory and show
+ pathnames relative to it with this option. When you are
+ not in a subdirectory (e.g. in a bare repository), you
+ can name which subdirectory to make the output relative
+ to by giving a <path> as an argument.
+
--text::
Treat all files as text.
--ext-diff::
Allow an external diff helper to be executed. If you set an
- external diff driver with gitlink:gitattributes[5], you need
- to use this option with gitlink:git-log[1] and friends.
+ external diff driver with linkgit:gitattributes[5], you need
+ to use this option with linkgit:git-log[1] and friends.
--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/".
+
+--dst-prefix=<prefix>::
+ Show the given destination prefix instead of "b/".
+
+--no-prefix::
+ 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].