git-diff-files(1)
=================
-v0.1, May 2005
NAME
----
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-diff-files' [-p] [-q] [-r] [-z] [-B] [-M] [-C] [-R] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all] [<pattern>...]
+'git-diff-files' [-q] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Compares the files in the working tree and the cache. 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".
+same as "git-diff-index" and "git-diff-tree".
OPTIONS
-------
--p::
- generate patch (see section on generating patches).
+include::diff-options.txt[]
-q::
Remain silent even on nonexisting files
--R::
- Output diff in reverse.
-
--B::
- Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
-
--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
-------------
include::diff-format.txt[]
GIT
---
-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite