tree copy has the contents of the named file (specify
`-` to make the command read from the standard input).
+--date <format>::
+ The value is one of the following alternatives:
+ {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}. If --date is not
+ provided, the value of the blame.date config variable is
+ used. If the blame.date config variable is also not set, the
+ iso format is used. For more information, See the discussion
+ of the --date option at linkgit:git-log[1].
+
-M|<num>|::
Detect moving lines in the file as well. When a commit
moves a block of lines in a file (e.g. the original file
files that were modified in the same commit. This is
useful when you reorganize your program and move code
around across files. When this option is given twice,
- the command additionally looks for copies from all other
- files in the parent for the commit that creates the file.
+ the command additionally looks for copies from other
+ files in the commit that creates the file. When this
+ option is given three times, the command additionally
+ looks for copies from other files in any commit.
+
<num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of
alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving