git-diff-files(1)
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-v0.1, May 2005
NAME
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-git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the cache
+git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the index
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-diff-files' [-p] [-q] [-r] [-z] [-M] [-C] [-R] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all] [<pattern>...]
+'git-diff-files' [-q] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
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-Compares the files in the working tree and the cache. When paths
+Compares the files in the working tree and the index. When paths
are specified, compares only those named paths. Otherwise all
-entries in the cache are compared. The output format is the
-same as "git-diff-cache" and "git-diff-tree".
+entries in the index are compared. The output format is the
+same as "git-diff-index" and "git-diff-tree".
OPTIONS
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--p::
- generate patch (see section on generating patches).
+include::diff-options.txt[]
-q::
Remain silent even on nonexisting files
--R::
- Output diff in reverse.
-
--M::
- Detect renames.
-
--C::
- Detect copies as well as renames.
-
--S<string>::
- Look for differences that contains 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
- in <string>.
-
--r::
- This flag does not mean anything. It is there only to match
- git-diff-tree. Unlike git-diff-tree, git-diff-files always looks
- at all the subdirectories.
-
-
Output format
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include::diff-format.txt[]
GIT
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-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite