ifdef::git-format-patch[]
-p::
+--no-stat::
Generate plain patches without any diffstats.
endif::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
-p::
-u::
+--patch::
Generate patch (see section on generating patches).
{git-diff? This is the default.}
endif::git-format-patch[]
Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of
the usual three.
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
- Implies "-p".
+ Implies `-p`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--patch-with-raw::
- Synonym for "-p --raw".
+ Synonym for `-p --raw`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
--patience::
--stat[=width[,name-width]]::
Generate a diffstat. You can override the default
- output width for 80-column terminal by "--stat=width".
+ output width for 80-column terminal by `--stat=width`.
The width of the filename part can be controlled by
giving another width to it separated by a comma.
--numstat::
- Similar to \--stat, but shows number of added and
+ Similar to `\--stat`, but shows number of added and
deleted lines in decimal notation and pathname without
abbreviation, to make it more machine friendly. For
binary files, outputs two `-` instead of saying
`0 0`.
--shortstat::
- Output only the last line of the --stat format containing total
+ Output only the last line of the `--stat` format containing total
number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
lines.
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.
+ 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.
+ Same as `--dirstat`, but counts changed files instead of lines.
--summary::
Output a condensed summary of extended header information
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--patch-with-stat::
- Synonym for "-p --stat".
+ Synonym for `-p --stat`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
+
-z::
- NUL-line termination on output. This affects the --raw
- output field terminator. Also output from commands such
- as "git-log" will be delimited with NUL between commits.
+ifdef::git-log[]
+ Separate the commits with NULs instead of with new newlines.
++
+Also, when `--raw` or `--numstat` has been given, do not munge
+pathnames and use NULs as output field terminators.
+endif::git-log[]
+ifndef::git-log[]
+ When `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--name-only` or `--name-status` has been
+ given, do not munge pathnames and use NULs as output field terminators.
+endif::git-log[]
++
+Without this option, each pathname output will have TAB, LF, double quotes,
+and backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, `\"`, and `\\`,
+respectively, and the pathname will be enclosed in double quotes if
+any of those replacements occurred.
--name-only::
Show only names 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::
+--submodule[=<format>]::
+ Chose the output format for submodule differences. <format> can be one of
+ 'short' and 'log'. 'short' just shows pairs of commit names, this format
+ is used when this option is not given. 'log' is the default value for this
+ option and lists the commits in that commit range like the 'summary'
+ option of linkgit:git-submodule[1] does.
+
+--color[=<when>]::
Show colored diff.
+ The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
--no-color::
Turn off colored diff, even when the configuration file
gives the default to color output.
+ Same as `--color=never`.
---color-words[=<regex>]::
- Show colored word diff, i.e., color words which have changed.
- By default, words are separated by whitespace.
+--word-diff[=<mode>]::
+ Show a word diff, using the <mode> to delimit changed words.
+ By default, words are delimited by whitespace; see
+ `--word-diff-regex` below. The <mode> defaults to 'plain', and
+ must be one of:
++
+--
+color::
+ Highlight changed words using only colors. Implies `--color`.
+plain::
+ Show words as `[-removed-]` and `{+added+}`. Makes no
+ attempts to escape the delimiters if they appear in the input,
+ so the output may be ambiguous.
+porcelain::
+ Use a special line-based format intended for script
+ consumption. Added/removed/unchanged runs are printed in the
+ usual unified diff format, starting with a `+`/`-`/` `
+ character at the beginning of the line and extending to the
+ end of the line. Newlines in the input are represented by a
+ tilde `~` on a line of its own.
+none::
+ Disable word diff again.
+--
++
+Note that despite the name of the first mode, color is used to
+highlight the changed parts in all modes if enabled.
+
+--word-diff-regex=<regex>::
+ Use <regex> to decide what a word is, instead of considering
+ runs of non-whitespace to be a word. Also implies
+ `--word-diff` unless it was already enabled.
+
-When a <regex> is specified, every non-overlapping match of the
+Every non-overlapping match of the
<regex> is considered a word. Anything between these matches is
considered whitespace and ignored(!) for the purposes of finding
differences. You may want to append `|[^[:space:]]` to your regular
linkgit:gitattributes[1] or linkgit:git-config[1]. Giving it explicitly
overrides any diff driver or configuration setting. Diff drivers
override configuration settings.
+
+--color-words[=<regex>]::
+ Equivalent to `--word-diff=color` plus (if a regex was
+ specified) `--word-diff-regex=<regex>`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
--no-renames::
line when generating patch format output.
--binary::
- In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that
- can be applied with "git apply".
+ In addition to `--full-index`, output a binary diff that
+ can be applied with `git-apply`.
--abbrev[=<n>]::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
lines, show only a partial prefix. This is
- independent of --full-index option above, which controls
+ independent of the `--full-index` option above, which controls
the diff-patch output format. Non default number of
- digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
+ digits can be specified with `--abbrev=<n>`.
--B::
- Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
-
--M::
+-B[<n>][/<m>]::
+ Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and
+ create. This serves two purposes:
++
+It affects the way a change that amounts to a total rewrite of a file
+not as a series of deletion and insertion mixed together with a very
+few lines that happen to match textually as the context, but as a
+single deletion of everything old followed by a single insertion of
+everything new, and the number `m` controls this aspect of the -B
+option (defaults to 60%). `-B/70%` specifies that less than 30% of the
+original should remain in the result for git to consider it a total
+rewrite (i.e. otherwise the resulting patch will be a series of
+deletion and insertion mixed together with context lines).
++
+When used with -M, a totally-rewritten file is also considered as the
+source of a rename (usually -M only considers a file that disappeared
+as the source of a rename), and the number `n` controls this aspect of
+the -B option (defaults to 50%). `-B20%` specifies that a change with
+addition and deletion compared to 20% or more of the file's size are
+eligible for being picked up as a possible source of a rename to
+another file.
+
+-M[<n>]::
+ifndef::git-log[]
Detect renames.
+endif::git-log[]
+ifdef::git-log[]
+ If generating diffs, detect and report renames for each commit.
+ For following files across renames while traversing history, see
+ `--follow`.
+endif::git-log[]
+ If `n` is specified, it is a is a threshold on the similarity
+ index (i.e. amount of addition/deletions compared to the
+ file's size). For example, `-M90%` means git should consider a
+ delete/add pair to be a rename if more than 90% of the file
+ hasn't changed.
--C::
+-C[<n>]::
Detect copies as well as renames. See also `--find-copies-harder`.
+ If `n` is specified, it has the same meaning as for `-M<n>`.
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]::
`-C` option has the same effect.
-l<num>::
- -M and -C options require O(n^2) processing time where n
+ The `-M` and `-C` options require O(n^2) processing time where n
is the number of potential rename/copy targets. This
option prevents rename/copy detection from running if
the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified
appearing in diff output; see the 'pickaxe' entry in
linkgit:gitdiffcore[7] for more details.
+-G<regex>::
+ Look for differences whose added or removed line matches
+ the given <regex>.
+
--pickaxe-all::
- When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
+ When `-S` or `-G` finds a change, show all the changes in that
changeset, not just the files that contain the change
in <string>.
0 means no differences.
--quiet::
- Disable all output of the program. Implies --exit-code.
+ Disable all output of the program. Implies `--exit-code`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
--ext-diff::
--no-ext-diff::
Disallow external diff drivers.
---ignore-submodules::
- Ignore changes to submodules in the diff generation.
+--ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
+ Ignore changes to submodules in the diff generation. <when> can be
+ either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default
+ Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
+ untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
+ in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
+ 'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When
+ "untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
+ contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
+ content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,
+ only changes to the commits stored in the superproject are shown (this was
+ the behavior until 1.7.0). Using "all" hides all changes to submodules.
--src-prefix=<prefix>::
Show the given source prefix instead of "a/".