SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--no-commit-id] [--pretty]
+'git diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--no-commit-id] [--pretty]
[-t] [-r] [-c | --cc] [--root] [<common diff options>]
<tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...]
If there is only one <tree-ish> given, the commit is compared with its parents
(see --stdin below).
-Note that "git-diff-tree" can use the tree encapsulated in a commit object.
+Note that 'git-diff-tree' can use the tree encapsulated in a commit object.
OPTIONS
-------
show tree entry itself as well as subtrees. Implies -r.
--root::
- When '--root' is specified the initial commit will be showed as a big
+ When '--root' is specified the initial commit will be shown as a big
creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against the NULL tree.
--stdin::
parents of the first commit.
-m::
- By default, "git-diff-tree --stdin" does not show
+ By default, 'git-diff-tree --stdin' does not show
differences for merge commits. With this flag, it shows
differences to that commit from all of its parents. See
also '-c'.
-s::
- By default, "git-diff-tree --stdin" shows differences,
+ By default, 'git-diff-tree --stdin' shows differences,
either in machine-readable form (without '-p') or in patch
form (with '-p'). This output can be suppressed. It is
only useful with '-v' flag.
-v::
- This flag causes "git-diff-tree --stdin" to also show
+ This flag causes 'git-diff-tree --stdin' to also show
the commit message before the differences.
include::pretty-options.txt[]
--no-commit-id::
- git-diff-tree outputs a line with the commit ID when
+ 'git-diff-tree' outputs a line with the commit ID when
applicable. This flag suppressed the commit ID output.
-c::
If you're only interested in differences in a subset of files, for
example some architecture-specific files, you might do:
- git-diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> arch/ia64 include/asm-ia64
+ git diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> arch/ia64 include/asm-ia64
and it will only show you what changed in those two directories.
Or if you are searching for what changed in just `kernel/sched.c`, just do
- git-diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> kernel/sched.c
+ git diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> kernel/sched.c
and it will ignore all differences to other files.
An example of normal usage is:
- torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git-diff-tree 5319e4......
+ torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git diff-tree 5319e4......
*100664->100664 blob ac348b.......->a01513....... git-fsck-objects.c
which tells you that the last commit changed just one file (it's from