to all commands generating --stat output except format-patch.
diff.context::
- Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of the default of
- 3. This value is overridden by the -U option.
+ Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of the default
+ of 3. This value is overridden by the -U option.
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff'
commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors
- this setting when reporting uncommitted changes.
+ this setting when reporting uncommitted changes. Setting it to
+ 'all' disables the submodule summary normally shown by 'git commit'
+ and 'git status' when 'status.submodulesummary' is set unless it is
+ overridden by using the --ignore-submodules command line option.
+ The 'git submodule' commands are not affected by this setting.
diff.mnemonicprefix::
If set, 'git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
diff.noprefix::
If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
+diff.orderfile::
+ File indicating how to order files within a diff, using
+ one shell glob pattern per line.
+ Can be overridden by the '-O' option to linkgit:git-diff[1].
+
diff.renameLimit::
The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
diff.renames::
- Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
+ Tells Git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
"copy", it will detect copies, as well.
A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
+diff.submodule::
+ Specify the format in which differences in submodules are
+ shown. The "log" format lists the commits in the range like
+ linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary` does. The "short" format
+ format just shows the names of the commits at the beginning
+ and end of the range. Defaults to short.
+
+diff.wordRegex::
+ A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
+ when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
+ sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
+ characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
+
diff.<driver>.command::
The custom diff driver command. See linkgit:gitattributes[5]
for details.
conversion outputs. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
diff.tool::
- The diff tool to be used by linkgit:git-difftool[1]. This
- option overrides `merge.tool`, and has the same valid built-in
- values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge" and plus
- "kompare". Any other value is treated as a custom diff tool,
- and there must be a corresponding `difftool.<tool>.cmd`
- option.
+ Controls which diff tool is used by linkgit:git-difftool[1].
+ This variable overrides the value configured in `merge.tool`.
+ The list below shows the valid built-in values.
+ Any other value is treated as a custom diff tool and requires
+ that a corresponding difftool.<tool>.cmd variable is defined.
+
+include::mergetools-diff.txt[]
+
+diff.algorithm::
+ Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows:
++
+--
+`default`, `myers`;;
+ The basic greedy diff algorithm. Currently, this is the default.
+`minimal`;;
+ Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible diff is
+ produced.
+`patience`;;
+ Use "patience diff" algorithm when generating patches.
+`histogram`;;
+ This algorithm extends the patience algorithm to "support
+ low-occurrence common elements".
+--
++