-u::
Synonym for "-p".
--r::
- Look recursivelly in subdirectories; this flag does not
- mean anything to commands other than "git-diff-tree";
- other commands always looks at all the subdirectories.
-
-z::
\0 line termination on output
--name-only::
Show only names of changed files.
---name-only-z::
- Same as --name-only, but terminate lines with NUL.
+--name-status::
+ Show only names and status of changed files.
-B::
Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
Detect copies as well as renames.
--find-copies-harder::
- By default, -C option finds copies only if the original
- file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for
- performance reasons. This flag makes the command
+ For performance reasons, by default, -C option finds copies only
+ if the original file of the copy was modified in the same
+ changeset. This flag makes the command
inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
copy. This is a very expensive operation for large
projects, so use it with caution.
+-l<num>::
+ -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
+ number.
+
-S<string>::
- Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.
+ Look for differences that contain the change in <string>.
--pickaxe-all::
When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
- changeset, not just the files that contains the change
+ changeset, not just the files that contain the change
in <string>.
-O<orderfile>::
Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from cache or
on-disk file to tree contents.
+For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also
+link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation].