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' [-q] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]
+'git-diff-files' [-q] [
-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc|-n|--no-index] [<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
+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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include::diff-options.txt[]
+-1 -2 -3 or --base --ours --theirs, and -0::
+ Diff against the "base" version, "our branch" or "their
+ branch" respectively. With these options, diffs for
+ merged entries are not shown.
++
+The default is to diff against our branch (-2) and the
+cleanly resolved paths. The option -0 can be given to
+omit diff output for unmerged entries and just show "Unmerged".
+
+-c,--cc::
+ This compares stage 2 (our branch), stage 3 (their
+ branch) and the working tree file and outputs a combined
+ diff, similar to the way 'diff-tree' shows a merge
+ commit with these flags.
+
+\-n,\--no-index::
+ Compare the two given files / directories.
+
-q::
- Remain silent even on nonexisting files
+ Remain silent even on nonexistent files
Output format
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